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U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained
• reutersA U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further.