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CHINA DAILY - Monday September 22,2008
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ISLAMABAD: The suicide bomb attack that killed 53, people, including the Czech ambassador, at Marriott Hotel on Saturday bore the hallmarks of an operation by Al-Qaida or one of its affiliates, Pakistani and US intelligence officers said yesterday.
Soldiers and investigators examine the crater created by a bomb blast outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad yesterday. A suicide bomber drove a truck full of explosives into the hotel on Saturday evening, killing at least 53 people, wounding about 250 and starting a fire that gutted the building.  Reuters
Nation
Two mine accidents in central and northeastern China killed at least 56 people and left another 12 missing over the weekend.
Comment
For many years urban villages have been a controversial issue in the development of our cities. Some people, usually city managers, regard the existence of these collections of shabby and old houses among higher and modern buildings as a stain on the appearance of a modern city, and have called for their removal.
International
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would hand his resignation to President Shimon Peres later yesterday, Olmert's office said, but the scandal-hit leader could stay in office for weeks or months until a government is formed.
Life People
Ge Shuya, a Yunnan-based expert on World War II history, spent more than 20 years studying the Stilwell Road, referred to in the West as Burma Road and Ledo Road. It was not until recently, though, that he was able to set foot at the starting point in Ledo, India.
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