More than 100 people were wounded in the blast
43 dead after blast rips through Pakistan rally
A blast ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 43 people, the second major attack this week, piling pressure on the civilian government struggling with a flood crisis. More
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