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| A missile from a suspected US unmanned aircraft (drone) has killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal area close to Afghanistan, reports say. | A missile from a suspected US unmanned aircraft (drone) has killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal area close to Afghanistan, reports say. |
| Unnamed Pakistani security sources say it hit a house in the village of Tappi, North Waziristan, and that the dead include a number of Arabs. | Unnamed Pakistani security sources say it hit a house in the village of Tappi, North Waziristan, and that the dead include a number of Arabs. |
| There was no immediate US confirmation of the attack. | There was no immediate US confirmation of the attack. |
| Cross-border raids by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan. | Cross-border raids by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan. |
| Earlier, a roadside bomb exploded close to a prison vehicle and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 10 people. | |
| The remote-controlled device exploded in the Upper Dir district of North-West Frontier Province near Swat valley. | |
| Officials said those killed by the blast included four schoolgirls and a number of policemen and prisoners. | |
| 'Arabs' killed | |
| Pakistani intelligence sources quoted by Western news agencies differed as to the identity of the owner of the house in Tappi and how many people were killed. | |
| According to some reports, nine people were killed in the village, about 20km (12 miles) east of North Waziristan's main town, Miranshah. | |
| At least some of the dead are believed to have been Arabs, possibly militants. | |
| American military commanders blame militants based in the tribal areas for the increase in attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. | American military commanders blame militants based in the tribal areas for the increase in attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. |
| The latest incident comes a week after a similar bombing in the same region, which killed at least 20 people. | The latest incident comes a week after a similar bombing in the same region, which killed at least 20 people. |
| Also on Thursday, a suicide bomb attack on the main police complex in centre of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, wounded at least 13 people. | |
| Pakistan's parliament has been holding a special session for a classified briefing on Pakistan's internal security situation. | |
| The session was called to try to help form a national consensus on how to tackle Islamic militancy and the surge in suicide bombings. |