A missile strike against a suspected militant hideout in a Pakistan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Sunday is said to have killed at least 18 people.

在巴基斯坦接近阿富汗的边境地区，星期天早上对一个部落地区内的疑似激进分子藏身地进行的导弹袭击，据信打死了至少16人。

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China signalled yesterday that its first missile strike against an orbiting satellite was intended to force the US into talks aimed at abolishing weapons in space.

中国方面昨天告知，中国发射的第一颗打击轨道卫星的导弹是有意的，目的是迫使美国加入禁止太空武器的会谈。

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi survived a NATO missile strike Saturday that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren and wounded friends and relatives, Libya's spokesman said.

利比亚发言人宣称：利比亚领导人卡扎菲在周六北约的导弹袭击中生还，不过他的小儿子，三个孙子死于此次袭击，同时有数名朋友与亲属受伤。

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Officials believe a U.S.missile strike killed Baitullah Mehsud in early August while he was at his father-in-law's compound in South Waziristan.

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Also Thursdaya suspected U.S.missile strike killed at least 12 people believed to be militants in the nearby North Waziristan tribal region.

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The early morning missile strike in the tribal region known as North Waziristan is said to have struck a vehicle carrying local and foreign militants.

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Pakistani and U.S. officials believe Mehsud was likely killed by a CIA missile strike last week.

CNN: 14 dead in Pakistan in suspected drone strike

According to a count by CNN, this is the 16th suspected missile strike in Pakistan this year.

CNN: Pakistan claims dozens of militants killed

Samir Khan, a naturalised US citizen who produced an online magazine promoting al-Qaeda's ideology, died in the same missile strike.

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