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| Suicide bomb kills 20 in Pakistan | Suicide bomb kills 20 in Pakistan |
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| More than 20 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a gathering of tribal elders and local officials in north-west Pakistan, reports say. | More than 20 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a gathering of tribal elders and local officials in north-west Pakistan, reports say. |
| Scores of people were wounded in the attack, near the town of Dera Adamkhel. | Scores of people were wounded in the attack, near the town of Dera Adamkhel. |
| Officials say that the blast happened as the elders were discussing the security situation in the area. | |
| The town, which is in a tribal area near the Afghan border, was the scene of fierce clashes between troops and militants in January. | |
| Thirteen troops and about 50 militants were killed in those clashes. | |
| A militant campaign has been stepped up since the army stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque in July to crush a student Islamist movement. | A militant campaign has been stepped up since the army stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque in July to crush a student Islamist movement. |
| Islamists were beaten by secular parties in the tribal regions and in neighbouring North West Frontier Province in the recent parliamentary elections. |