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Page last updated at 09:07 GMT, Saturday, 5 December 2009

Local television showed pictures of smoke rising from a building
Several killed in Pakistan blast
At least three people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Pakistan mosque attack 'kills 35'

British soldiers with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force, 30 Nov (MoD handout) Clinton lauds Nato Afghan pledge
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes a pledge by Nato allies to send at least 7,000 extra troops to Afghanistan.

An Indian soldier aims his rifle outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, 29 November Document details Mumbai charges
The BBC obtains details of charges that Pakistan has filed against the alleged mastermind of last year's Mumbai attacks.

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