Pakistan tells Obama to halt attacks...

Islamabad urged US President Barack Obama on Saturday to halt US missile strikes on its territory after civilians were killed in the first such attacks since his inauguration. 

Remote-controlled US drones fired missiles into the village of Zharki in North Waziristan on Friday, killing 22.

Pakistani security officials said that eight "suspected foreign militants" were among the dead. 

Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir informed US ambassador Anne Patterson of Islamabad's "great concern" over the civilian casualties. More...

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