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Supporters of pro-Taleban cleric Sufi Muhammad pray in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan's Swat valley, 21 February 2008
Swat Taliban chief 'near death'
The leader of Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat district is critically wounded and close to death, the BBC has learned.
On Swat's frontline
Pakistan conflict map
Who are the Taliban?

An Indian soldier surveys the Taj Mahal Palace Tower Hotel in Mumbai, during the attack in November Policeman recalls Mumbai attack
A senior police official gives a vivid encounter in a Mumbai court of his encounter with people who attacked the city in November.

Men who consumed toxic liquor receive treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad on July 9, 2009. India toxic alcohol toll tops 100
More than 100 people die after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in the Indian state of Gujarat as police warn the toll could rise.

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