Across the World: Pakistan

48 die in bombing

A suicide bomber demolished a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers attending Friday prayers close to the Afghan border, killing at least 48 people and injuring scores more, officials said. The attack in the Khyber region was the bloodiest in Pakistan this year. A government official accused Islamist militants of carrying out the bombing in revenge for a recent offensive.

(China Daily 03/28/2009 page11)