A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said.

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We need drone aircraft, says police chief Alex Marshall

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Private land wheel clamping banned

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Fox News apologises for showing live suicide

A man apparently shot himself in the head on live television at the end of a high-speed chase that began in Phoenix, Arizona.

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A man accused of helping British newlywed Shrien Dewani to orchestrate the murder of his bride on their honeymoon in Cape Town claimed he did not receive any payment for his role in her death, a court has heard.

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