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Bomb at Pakistani hotel, casualties reported


    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, causing several casualties, police said.

    Pakistan has been struck by a wave of bomb attacks since security forces launched an offensive to expel Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat valley and nearby districts.

    (Reporting by Kamran Haider, writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Andrew Dobbie)