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QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Shi’ites furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 85 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. The attack, near a street market in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, highlighted the government’s failure to crack down on militancy in nuclear-armed Pakistan just a few months before a general election is due. While the Taliban and al Qaeda remain a major source of instability, Sunni extremists, who regard Shi’ites as non-Muslims, have emerged as another significant security threat. . . .

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