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On Camera: 9 Swept Away In Flash Floods In Pak, Outing Turns Tragic For Family
A picnic outing turned tragic for a family in Pakistan after nine out of 18 members of the group lost their lives in the Swat River flash floods. The incident occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday.
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Man Killed By Mob For 'Desecrating' Quran In Pakistan: Cops
A man was killed by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in the scenic Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan and eight people were injured in the ensuing unrest, police said.
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Lord Vishnu's 1,300-Year-Old Temple Discovered In Northwest Pakistan
A Hindu temple, believed to have been constructed 1,300 years ago, has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in northwest Pakistan's Swat district.
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Joy In Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai's Hometown, Though Some Pakistanis Decry Her
In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.
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11 Soldiers Dead, 13 Wounded In Suicide Attack In Pakistan's Swat Valley
At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.
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Taliban Phone Calls Demanding Cash Stir Fears Of A Comeback In Pakistan
When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.
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Malala Yousafzai Becomes Millionaire With Book Sales, Lectures
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.
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Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan
A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.
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Fighters Kill Pakistani Soldiers Near Afghanistan Border
Militants killed a Pakistan army captain and two soldiers in a cross-border attack early Saturday in a tribal region near Afghanistan, as an airstrike killed 13 suspected extremist fighters, authorities said.
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Pakistan displaced families put faith in peace talks
For Zarmata Bibi, a grandmother from Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, landmark peace talks between the government and the Taliban aimed at ending a seven-year insurgency couldn't come soon enough.
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Grenade attack on cinema kills four in northwest Pakistan: officials
At least four people were killed and 31 wounded late on Sunday when unidentified attackers hurled two grenades at a cinema in northwest Pakistan, police and medics said.
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Full transcript: Twilight vampires have it easier than a girl in Swat, Malala Yousafzai speaks to NDTV
NDTV is the first Indian network to interview Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot by the Taliban, and has become an international icon of courage and an advocate of education for girls. She spoke in London to NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.
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Malala Yousafzai's hometown puts brave face on Nobel disappointment
Friends and supporters of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan voiced disappointment as she missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but the Tailban said they were "delighted" at the news.
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World cheers Malala, but Pakistanis scared to support
One year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousufzai's demand for girls' education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan, and the principal at her old school says that as Malala's fame has grown, so has fear in her classroom...
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Pakistani Taliban vow to attack Malala Yousafzai again
The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had "no courage" and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.
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On Camera: 9 Swept Away In Flash Floods In Pak, Outing Turns Tragic For Family
A picnic outing turned tragic for a family in Pakistan after nine out of 18 members of the group lost their lives in the Swat River flash floods. The incident occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday.
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Man Killed By Mob For 'Desecrating' Quran In Pakistan: Cops
A man was killed by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in the scenic Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan and eight people were injured in the ensuing unrest, police said.
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Lord Vishnu's 1,300-Year-Old Temple Discovered In Northwest Pakistan
A Hindu temple, believed to have been constructed 1,300 years ago, has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in northwest Pakistan's Swat district.
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Joy In Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai's Hometown, Though Some Pakistanis Decry Her
In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.
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11 Soldiers Dead, 13 Wounded In Suicide Attack In Pakistan's Swat Valley
At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.
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Taliban Phone Calls Demanding Cash Stir Fears Of A Comeback In Pakistan
When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.
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Malala Yousafzai Becomes Millionaire With Book Sales, Lectures
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.
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Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan
A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.
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Fighters Kill Pakistani Soldiers Near Afghanistan Border
Militants killed a Pakistan army captain and two soldiers in a cross-border attack early Saturday in a tribal region near Afghanistan, as an airstrike killed 13 suspected extremist fighters, authorities said.
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Pakistan displaced families put faith in peace talks
For Zarmata Bibi, a grandmother from Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, landmark peace talks between the government and the Taliban aimed at ending a seven-year insurgency couldn't come soon enough.
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Grenade attack on cinema kills four in northwest Pakistan: officials
At least four people were killed and 31 wounded late on Sunday when unidentified attackers hurled two grenades at a cinema in northwest Pakistan, police and medics said.
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Full transcript: Twilight vampires have it easier than a girl in Swat, Malala Yousafzai speaks to NDTV
NDTV is the first Indian network to interview Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot by the Taliban, and has become an international icon of courage and an advocate of education for girls. She spoke in London to NDTV's Group Editor Barkha Dutt.
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Malala Yousafzai's hometown puts brave face on Nobel disappointment
Friends and supporters of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan voiced disappointment as she missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but the Tailban said they were "delighted" at the news.
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World cheers Malala, but Pakistanis scared to support
One year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousufzai's demand for girls' education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan, and the principal at her old school says that as Malala's fame has grown, so has fear in her classroom...
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Pakistani Taliban vow to attack Malala Yousafzai again
The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had "no courage" and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.
