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Bombing ring raided

Police commandos acting on a tip killed one militant and arrested five others yesterday in a raid against a bombing cell accused in recent attacks around the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said. Police said they encountered fierce resistance when they stormed the compound in the village of Kaka Khel near Peshawar, the largest city in the area and the main gateway to the Afghan border region where many Al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents are based.