A ROADSIDE BOMB BLEW UP A MINIBUS IN A PAKISTANI TRIBAL REGION NEAR THE AFGHAN BORDER ON MONDAY, KILLING FIVE PASSENGERS AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS, SECURITY OFFICIALS SAY. THE BLAST HAPPENED ON A DIRT ROAD IN TATA KHEL, A VILLAGE ABOUT 25 KILOMETERS (15 MILES) WEST OF MIRAN SHAH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN, SAID THE OFFICIAL, WHO SPOKE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK TO MEDIA. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTED THE OFFICIAL AS SAYING THAT THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT THE SCENE WHILE TWO DIED AT A HOSPITAL.
