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			<Headline><![CDATA[Gunmen attack Sri Lankan cricket team]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[At least 7 security people were killed and at least 8 members of the cricket team were wounded in a well-coordinated attack]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to play. 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers have been recovered]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-03-02 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Terror]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/pakistan.srilanka.attack]]></URL>
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			<Location>Lahore</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Judge Chaudhry regains top post]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Sacked Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has formally returned to his post following months of mass protests]]></Description>
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			<Date>2009-03-21 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Leaders]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7957489.stm]]></URL>
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			<Location>Pakistan</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Mosque attack kills 50]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The attack was a suicide bombing and the mosque has collapsed; the death toll could rise to 70. More than 70 people have been hurt]]></Description>
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			<Date>2009-03-27 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Bomb]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7967594.stm]]></URL>
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			<Location>Tribal Areas</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Gun battle at police academy]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The authorities remained locked in a fierce gun battle with armed attackers who threw grenades inside a police training center]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Manawan police training school is on the outskirts of the city, on a road to the border with India]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-03-29 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rebellion]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/pakistan.attack]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Taliban claims victory near Islamabad]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Militants who implemented Islamic law in violence-plagued Swat Valley last week have now taken control of a neighboring Buner district]]></Description>
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			<Date>2009-04-22 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rebel Success]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.taliban]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>NW Pakistan</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Pakistani forces, Taliban clash]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Military is pounding Taliban targets in the Swat Valley, trying to clear militants who control parts of the district&apos;s main city]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Taliban had laid siege to Mingora, looting banks, attacking army headquarters, the police station, and the power grid station. 
They are occupying civilian houses and government buildings in the city center]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-05-06 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rebellion]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.swat.valley]]></URL>
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			<Location>NW Pakistan</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Thousands flee fighting]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are streaming into camps seeking refuge from the conflict between the army and Taliban rebels in the country&apos;s north-west]]></Description>
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			<Date>2009-05-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Refugees]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8051591.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>West Pakistan</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Huge explosion in central Lahore]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[An explosion, near the city police headquarters and the high court, reduced at least one building to rubble and sent plumes of thick smoke]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-05-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Bomb]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/lahore.blast]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Pakistan secures key Swat Valley city]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Pakistani security forces have taken back the city of Mingora from the Taliban, calling it a significant victory in its offensive]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Fighting intensified a week ago as troops moved in, advancing house by house against the rebels. The centre of the city was under military control, although there were still skirmishes on the outskirts. Hundreds of people have been killed and two million have fled the valley since the operation was launched]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-05-30 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rebel Failure]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/pakistan.mingora]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>NW Pakistan</Location>
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