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A bomber blew himself in a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing up to 43 people in the attack on a Shi'ite rally and wounding more than 100.
"There are 24 dead in the Combined Military Hospital and the remaining are in two other hospitals," said a hospital official in Quetta, where dozens of dead and wounded lay in the attack after the blast that also engulfed vehicles in flames.
Earlier, the Taliban took responsibility for Wednesday's bombings in Lahore.
"It's revenge for the killings of innocent Sunnis," a spokesman for Qari Hussain Mehsud told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Economic crisis
Anger is spreading over the government's sluggish response to the floods, raising the possibility of social unrest.
"The scope and scale of this discontent will depend on the government's performance in preventing a second wave of deaths, loss of livelihood, and shortages of essential food items," said Eurasia consultancy group.
Pakistan is also faced with an economic catastrophe, with the floods causing damage the government has estimated at $43 billion, almost one quarter of the South Asian nation's 2009 GDP.
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Volunteers carry injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
Agencies
