Local residents visit the site of Tuesday's suicide car bombing at a market in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday.
Mohammad Sajjad, Associated Press
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bomb has killed nine security officers in a Pakistani region close to the Afghan border.
Wednesday's attack took place in Mohmand, which has seen sporadic army offensives against militants over the last year.
The region is some 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of South Waziristan, where the army is undertaking a major assault against the Taliban.
expel Syrian envoys
Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats against President Bashar Assad's regime killing more than 100.
Europeans dislike the euro
The debt crisis that has ravaged Europe has exposed a dislike of the single currency but little desire to abandon it.
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