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ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself  up in an SUV at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan today, killing 88 people in a village that opposes al  Qaeda-linked Taliban insurgents, police said.

PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – A Nigerian man believed to be  linked to al Qaeda militants was in custody today after he  tried to ignite an explosive device on a U.S.