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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan - Feb 9

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Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:53 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0630 GMT on Wednesday.

CHARSADDA - A bomb apparently planted in a donkey cart exploded in the northwestern town of Charsadda, killing the owner of the cart, police said. Five people were wounded in the blast.

GUJRANWALA - Four low-intensity bombs exploded near police stations and government buildings in the central city of Gujranwala early in the morning but caused no casualties, police said.

KARACHI - A Greek national was found dead in a hotel in Karachi near the airport, police said.

Police said the man had an injury at the back of his head, and while initial indications suggested that he was murdered, the case was being investigated.

(Compiled by Zeeshan Haider and Faisal Aziz; Editing by Chris Allbritton)

(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan.

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