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Tue 05 May 2010US air strikes kill 24 in Pakistan
US drone aircraft killed at least 24 people in two attacks today in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a major al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, Pakistani security officials said.
It was the fourth drone missile strike aimed at militants in northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, since a failed bid to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square on May 1st.
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