Pakistan hit by day of carnage

Bombs destroyed an internet cafe, wrecked a bus carrying handicapped children and spread panic through Pakistan’s main north-western city, Peshawar today, killing at least 11 people in a day of carnage across the militancy-plagued region.

An apparent US missile strike annihilated a Taliban raiding party mustering to cross into Afghanistan, officials said, while Pakistani troops claimed another 47 kills in their bid to retake the Swat Valley.