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SAIDU SHARIF — A renewed wave of violence struck yesterday in small-town Pakistan when a suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw killed 13 people at a security checkpoint, raising fears the nation is sliding back into a period of relentless bloodletting. The blast — the second major attack in Pakistan in less than 24 hours — occurred in the Swat Valley, where Taliban fighters battled government soldiers for months last year. The attack in Saidu Sharif also wounded 52 people. (AP)israel
Israel to investigate fiasco with Biden
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an investigation into how government officials announced plans for a new Jewish housing project in east Jerusalem during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden. Netanyahu’s office said he ordered the investigation late yesterday. While Biden was visiting last week, Israel’s Interior Ministry said it approved plans to build 1,600 homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem. Biden condemned the announcement, which overshadowed his visit. Netanyahu has apologized for the timing but did not say he would cancel the permits. (AP)south korea
Kissinger stable after hospitalization
SEOUL — Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, was in stable condition yesterday in a South Korean hospital after being admitted with abdominal pains yesterday morning. Kissinger, 86, had a “stomach illness’’ and was treated for dehydration, Steven Pearson of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars said in an interview in Hong Kong. (Bloomberg News)
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