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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The visiting side had hardly had time to adjust to their new shape before Long's strike struck Williamson and deflected into the Toon goal with keeper Krul completely wrong-footed.

BBC: Stevenage 3-1 Newcastle

Sunderland cheers turned to relief when Florent Malouda struck the crossbar with a sweetly struck strike but Anelka was not to be denied as he found the top corner with an angled drive to claim the Premier League's golden boot award with 19 goals.

BBC: Sunderland 2-3 Chelsea

Bird strike has always struck us (har) as a bit of a misnomer.

ENGADGET: "Audio telescope" could help mitigate bird strikes