Much of her early career was spent as an assistant U.S. attorney, first in the Southern District, which includes Manhattan, and later in the Eastern District, home to Brooklyn and in the 1990s a hotbed of organized crime.

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In Mohmand, about 5, 000 militants led by Omar Khalid have been resisting attempts by the security forces to clear them from southern and south-eastern parts of the district in order to reduce pressure on Peshawar and Charsadda.

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It is the smallest geographical district in the Federal Reserve system, covering southern New Jersey, Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania.

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