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A paramilitary soldier examines the damaged car of slain Pakistan's government minister for religious minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, outside the emergency ward of a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Gunmen shot and killed Mr. Bhatti Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile figure threatened by Muslim militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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Pakistani tribal elders hold a jirga, or a grand meeting, in May in Mandi Bakka Kheil, near Bannu, Pakistan, to review the situation after Pakistan's government announced its intention to extend operations against the Taliban and militants in the North Waziristan tribal area. (Associated Press)