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Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17

At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said. Full story

Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Full story

Another scare in Britain

   A plane in flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom made an emergency landing after officials say two passengers allegedly threatened to blow up the plane. NBC’s Ann Curry reports.

Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions

President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. Full story

UK treating plane incident as criminal, not terror-related

STANSTED, England (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they are treating an incident involving a plane carrying almost 300 passengers from Pakistan as criminal rather than as terror-related. Full story

Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place: adviser

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on Friday. Full story

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  Suicide car bomb kills 2 in Pakistan

A car bomb explodes in Pakistan, missing the intended target but killing the Islamic religious school leader's guard instead. NBCNews.com's  Dara Brown reports.

  President Obama and the reality of drone politics

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes joins Martin Bashir to assess President Obama’s attempt to explain his philosophy on drone warfare – and how that program fits in to the nation’s fight against extremists.

  At least 18 killed in Pakistan mosque blasts

Two bombs exploded near separate mosques killing at least 18 people in a remote area of northwestern Pakistan. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Former prime minister to lead Pakistan again

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is claiming victory already in Pakistan’s general election — 14 years after he was toppled in a military coup, jailed and then exiled. This will be his third chance leading the country. NBC’s Waj Khan reports.

  Sharif set to lead Pakistan for third time

Nawaz Sharif looks to have secured an astonishing political comeback in Pakistan's general election -- 14 years after he was toppled in a military coup, jailed and then exiled. John Irvine of the U.K.'s ITV News reports from Pakistan.

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari at President House in Islamabad
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari at President House in Islamabad

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari at President House in Islamabad May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed

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Pakistani volunteers search a badly damaged vehicle after a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar on May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber on May 24 hit a vehicle belonging to an Afghan Muslim scholar in northwest Pakistan, killing three people including the cleric's guard and driver, officials said. AFP PHOTO /

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Sartaj Aziz, who has been advising Pakistan's incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Lahore
Sartaj Aziz, who has been advising Pakistan's incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Lahore

Sartaj Aziz, who has been advising Pakistan's incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Lahore May 24, 2013. Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three mo