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Seven killed in Pakistan bomb blast

Seven people have been killed in a bomb blast near a bus stop in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.

No group has immediately claimed responsibility.

Militants opposed to Pakistani support for the US-led campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban have been blamed for a string of bomb attacks across the country in recent years.

The attack took place hours after the government eased a political crisis with the reinstatement of a Supreme Court chief justice but there was no sign the blast was linked to the political controversy.