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Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over missile strikes

 
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to protest over missile strikes by pilotless U.S. aircraft on the Pakistani side of its border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani government spokesman said. (link)

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