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Aug 23 2008, AP

Police say a suicide bomber used a car laden with explosives to attack a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers.

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A firefighter removes shards of glass from broken windows caused by a car bomb outside the justice building in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The car bomb killed four people and injured 26 and the provincial government offered a reward of 100...