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Page last updated at 11:10 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009

Scene of the blast in Badh Ber, Pakistan (16 November 2009)
Four dead in Peshawar explosion
Four people are killed and a number injured in an explosion outside a police station in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
City on the frontline
Q&A: Militancy
Audacious militant tactics

General Sarath Fonseka S Lanka army head leaves abruptly
Sri Lankan military chief Sarath Fonseka leaves office after the government orders him to go.

Security forces in Kashmir Senior officer killed in Kashmir
A senior Indian paramilitary officer is killed in an explosion in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

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