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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Pir Zubair Shah and Jane Perlez / The Bulletin
July 19, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban have taken dozens of hostages, including police officers, paramilitary fighters and even state bank officials, and threatened Friday to begin killing them unless the government released four of their comrades captured last week.
The standoff....
