-- Khar, BAJAUR -- Pakistani officials say a bomb exploded Thursday in the country's northwest at a meeting of tribal leaders who oppose al-Qaida and Taliban extremists, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 40 others.I'm good for 50 bucks.
Authorities said it appeared to have been a suicide bombing, while tribal leaders were drawing up a plan to force militants out of their area.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"Jack Layton is the only one who knows what to say to these people, nobody else has been able to talk them out of slaughtering women and children, yet Jack Layton refuses to help. What a Bastard."*