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Plane crash kills 152 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
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Pakistan scans Google, other sites for blasphemy

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will monitor seven major Web sites, including Google and Yahoo, to block anti-Islamic links and content, an official said Friday. Seventeen lesser-known sites are being blocked outright for alleged blasphemous material.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Suspected US missile kills 4

ISLAMABAD - Suspected U.S. missiles killed four people in the Pakistan's insurgent-dominated northwest Saturday, officials said. The strike is the latest in an escalating campaign targeting Taliban-linked militants near the Afghan border.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO