Posted AT 5:58 AM EST on 19/08/08
Bomb blast at hospital kills 23 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — A suspected suicide bomber killed 23 people in the compound of a hospital in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as members of a religious minority were holding a protest, police said.
Violence in northwest Pakistan is a major test for the coalition government led by the party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, especially after the resignation of former army chief Pervez Musharraf as president on Monday.
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