CURRENT NEWS ITEM: SUSPECTED U.S. MISSILE STRIKE KILLS SIX IN PAKISTAN

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1. Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 3 in Pakistan

   A suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three people in a Pakistani town near the Afghan border.

2. Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan

   The latest in a barrage of suspected U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan's northwest killed five people, but none was believed to be a foreign al-Qaida fighter, officials said Sunday.

3. Suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan kills nine

   Suspected U.S. missiles struck a religious school linked to the Taliban on Thursday, killing nine people in the lawless border region where al Qaeda and its Taliban allies are believed to plot attacks on American and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

4. Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan

   A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight people Friday in a Pakistani village close to the Afghan border, security officials said.

5. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan

   A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village deep inside Pakistan, officials said, killing six and indicating American willingness to pursue insurgents beyond lawless tribal regions.

6. Suspected U.S. missile strike kills at least 6 in Pakistan

   The attack Wednesday on a house in Bannu District was the first to target a district outside the lawless Pakistani tribal regions along the Afghan border.

7. Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan

   ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five militants in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said....

8. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 5 Militants

   A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five militants in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said.

9. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan

   A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five militants in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. There were unconfirmed reports that the dead included a British suspect in a foiled plot to down trans-Atlantic jetliners.

10. Suspected U.S. missile strike kills five in Pakistan

    A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five militants, including several foreigners, in a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaida in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said.

11. Suspected US Missile strike in Pakistan kills 8

    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed at least eight people Monday in volatile northwest Pakistan, officials and witnesses said....

12. Suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan kills eight

    Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed at least eight people Monday in volatile northwest Pakistan, officials and witnesses said.

13. PAKISTAN - AFGHANISTAN: Suspected US missile strike kills at least eight

    Security officials say two US missiles struck targets near the Pakistan border with Afghanistan, killing at least eight people. US strikes in the area, considered a hub of militant activity, are heightening tensions between Washington and Islamabad.

14. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 3

    Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least three people in northwest Pakistan.

15. Suspected US missile strike reported in Pakistan

    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said....

16. U.S. Missile Strike Suspected In Pakistan

    A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

17. 5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan

    Pakistani officials said Sunday that five people were killed in what was thought to be the latest in a barrage of U.S. missile strikes in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan.

18. U.S. Missile Strike Targeting Taliban Leader Kills 6, Pakistan Says

    KABUL, Oct. 16 -- A suspected U.S. missile strike near the headquarters of a top Taliban leader in Pakistan's tribal areas Thursday killed six people and injured five others, according to Pakistani intelligence officials and residents.

19. Suspected U.S. missile attack kills 4 in Pakistan

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile into a Pakistani village early on Thursday, killing at least four people, residents and an official said, the latest strike aimed at a stronghold of a Taliban commander.

20. 9 dead in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected U.S. missiles struck a Taliban-linked school in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing nine people in an apparent sign of Washington's frustration with the country's anti-terror efforts, intelligence officials said....

21. Strike on Village In Pakistan Kills 4; Drone Is Suspected

    A remotely piloted United States aircraft was suspected of firing a missile into a Pakistani village in North Waziristan tribal region early on Thursday.

22. Pakistan: Suspected U.S. missile strike

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23. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike in Pakistan

    Nine people were killed in a blast at a religious school.

24. Source: Suspected U.S. strike kills 7 in Pakistan

    A missile strike killed seven people Sunday at a compound in Pakistan's northern tribal border region, a Pakistani military source said.

25. Suspected US strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan

    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed up to 20 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest salvo in an intensifying assault on militant hide-outs near the Afghan border....

26. Suspected U.S. strike kills up to 20 in Pakistan

    A suspected U.S. missile strike inside Pakistan on a compound used by Taliban militants near the Afghan border killed up to 20 people early Monday, Pakistani officials said.

27. Suspected U.S. strike in Pakistan kills 20: militant

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed up to 20 militants in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border on Monday, officials said, hours before Afghan and Pakistani tribal and political leaders met to discuss peace.

28. Pakistan: Suspected U.S. Strike Kills Dozens

    Suspected U.S. missile strike at Taliban commander's home in Pakistan kills 20.

29. Suspected U.S. missile strikes kills 27 in Pakistan including Al Qaeda fighter

    Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into two villages close to the Afghan border today, killing 27 people including an Arab Al Qaeda operative and other foreign militants, intelligence officials said.

30. Suspected U.S. Strike Kills 27 in Pakistan

    Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 27 in northwest Pakistan, officials say.

31. Missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan tribal area

    Missiles apparently fired by unmanned U.S. aircraft hit a village near the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least 12 people including several foreign militants, Pakistani officials said.

32. Suspected U.S. Strike Kills 11 in NW Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 14 -- At least 11 people were killed early Friday, including six foreign fighters, in a suspected U.S. missile strike on Pakistan's troubled border region of North Waziristan, a security official and an eyewitness said.

33. Officials: U.S. Missile Strike Deep Into Pakistan Kills 6

    A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village well inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, killing at least six alleged militants in an attack that could raise tensions between the anti-terror allies, officials said.

34. PAKISTAN: Four militants killed in suspected US missile strike

    A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least three militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district known as a hub of al Qaeda and Taliban, Pakistani intelligence officials have said.

35. U.S. Strike in Pakistan Kills Suspected Mastermind of British Airline Plot

    KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 22 -- A suspected al-Qaeda operative linked to a 2006 plot to blow up British airliners was killed Saturday in a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan, according to two Pakistani intelligence officials. At least four other extremist fighters were also...

36. Suspected U.S. strike kills 2 in Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile at a house in the militancy-plagued Pakistani region of North Waziristan on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing two people, security agency officials said.

37. U.S. Missile Strike on Pakistan Kills 2

    Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least two people in northwestern Pakistan.

38. Suspected U.S. missile kills 3 in Pakistan

    A suspected U.S. missile from an unmanned drone killed three people Saturday in Pakistan's tribal region, according to a Pakistani military source and a North Waziristan official.