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At least 17 killed in Pakistan hotel blast-TV
20 Sep 2008 14:52:16 GMT
 Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed on Saturday in a suspected suicide car-bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Dawn Television said.

The hotel was badly damaged and caught fire after the blast, which destroyed dozens of cars outside and shattered windows and damaged buildings hundreds of metres away. (Editing by Robert Birsel)


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