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Pakistan's Zardari wants trade for restive regions

 
BEIJING (Reuters) - Islamabad wants to talk to the next U.S. administration about boosting investment in border regions hit by Islamist militant violence, Chinese state media quoted Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari as saying. (link)

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