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Truck bomb guts Pakistan Marriott, at least 53 dead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-21 09:02

Pakistani security officials search for clues inside the crater created after a bomb explosion in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad September 20, 2008. A suicide truck bomber attacked the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday, killing at least 53 people, wounding nearly 250 and starting a fire that swept through the building in the Pakistani capital. [Agencies]