Four die in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region of Waziristan, with officials claiming the dead were militants.

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Four die in Pakistan drone strike

The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.

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Nine suspected militants have been killed by a US drone in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan, officials say.

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A suspected U.S. drone strike killed nine people Saturday in an attack that targeted a militant compound in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, authorities said.

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A UN special rapporteur says he will recommend the US restore tribal lands, including the Black Hills of South Dakota, site of Mount Rushmore.

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An apparent Taliban suicide attack in a tribal district along the Afghan border killed 19 people and wounded 57, hospital and government officials said.

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After Hilary Rosen’s remarks about Ann Romney’s life as a homemaker, some thought Democrats might tread more cautiously in their attempt to paint the GOP as being anti-women. Nope. On Capitol Hill, Democrats are aggressively pushing the case that Republicans are now waging a “War on Women” on three legislative fronts. First, they are blasting House Republicans for their proposal to block changes to the Violence Against Women Act that would extend protection to battered women who are LGBT, immigrants or Native Americans who live on tribal lands. “We are seeing the sheer gender bias of their so-called ‘clean’ bill,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said Friday. “They don’t want to sully their hands dealing with women in the shadows.” Read full article > >

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A drone strike took place early Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani military official said.

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In tribal region near Afghan border.

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U.S. Drones Kill 8 in Pakistan

LIKUANGOLE, SOUTH SUDAN — Nothing is intact in this town, save the memories. Every hut was burned to the ground. The only health clinic and the only school were torched. Hundreds were killed or injured. Thousands more fled. Read full article > >

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KHAR, Pakistan — Officials say the death toll from an alleged NATO helicopter attack on a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border has risen to 15 soldiers. A Pakistani government official and a security official say the dead from Friday night’s attack in the Mohmand tribal area include two officers. They said Saturday that the attack also wounded seven soldiers. Read full article > >

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A tribal leader from an Indonesian province, who was granted asylum in the UK, has been named on an Interpol wanted list, the BBC learns.

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Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, killing six alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Suspected U.S. Drones Kill 6 in Pakistan

Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet tribal member who led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 500,000 Indians against the Interior Department that yielded one of history’s largest government settlements — a payout worth $3.4 billion — died late Sunday at a hospital in Great Falls, Mont. She was 65 and had been diagnosed with cancer. Read full article > >

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters in an attempt to seize precious debris from a suspected U.S. drone that crashed in a rugged tribal area near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials and militants said Sunday. The Taliban said they shot down the unmanned aircraft, which crashed Saturday night near Jangara village in the South Waziristan tribal area. Read full article > >

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Pakistani soldiers battle militants for debris from crashed US drone nabbed by Taliban