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Missile Strike Kills Suspected Militant in Pakistan

File photograph of an unmanned Predator B drone, taken November 8, 2011 (AP)File photograph of an unmanned Predator B drone, taken November 8, 2011 (AP)
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File photograph of an unmanned Predator B drone, taken November 8, 2011 (AP)
File photograph of an unmanned Predator B drone, taken November 8, 2011 (AP)
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Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan has killed at least one person who is believed to have been a militant.

Officials say at least two missiles were fired into the Sheen Warsak region on Saturday.  

Security officials say the same area was targeted in a Thursday drone strike that killed two suspected militants.

Local officials say the person targeted in Saturday's strike was a foreign-born militant with al-Qaida links.

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