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A giant panda hugs a block of ice given by a zookeeper to cool down in Chengdu September 4, 2002. The capital of China’s southeastern province of Sichuan experienced late summer high temperatures of around 33 degrees Celsius.

By Abdullah Jan

Pakistani paramilitary troops blew up homes of tribesmen they suspected of harbouring six al Qaeda suspects on Wednesday and said they would continue until the men were handed over, officials said.Local government officials said units from a force of 1,800 paramilitary troops that had surrounded the village of Jani Kheil since Monday began infiltrating it late on Tuesday.
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