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AN apparent suicide bomb detonated yesterday as hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims recited verses from the Koran during a religious festival at a shrine near Pakistan's capital.

A suspected suicide bomber struck today at a popular Muslim shrine close to the official residence of Pakistan’s prime minister and the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, leaving at least 20 mostly Shiite worshippers dead and scores wounded.

A suicide bombing at a Muslim shrine near Pakistan’s capital has killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others, witnesses said today.