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Suspected Islamic militants have killed a Pakistani soldier in revenge for an alleged U.S. missile strike near the Afghan border, an official said Friday.

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Hiroshi Kato, of Japan, slumps in the drivers seat of his car after he was shot to death as Mexico’s forensic investigators work the crime scene in the port city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, Monday, April 28, 2008. Kato, a Japanese...