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500 detained in Pak.

Islamabad May 9. Struggling to find a clue to the Karachi suicide bombing, police have launched a major crackdown against extremist groups suspected to have links with the Al-Qaeda, rounding up more than 500 people even as the media today sharply attacked the military regime saying ``terrorism is stalking Pakistan with impunity.''

The French Defence Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, visited the scene of Thursday's bomb attack in which 12 French nationals working on a submarine project in Pakistan were killed. — PTI

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