PAKISTANI TROOPS FIRED ON A SPEEDING VAN THAT REFUSED TO STOP AT A CHECKPOINT IN A NORTHWESTERN TRIBAL REGION SUNDAY, KILLING THREE ARMED MEN, AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAID. ONE SOLDIER WAS ALSO KILLED, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. PARAMILITARY TROOPS OPENED FIRE ON THE VAN WHEN ITS DRIVER IGNORED ORDERS TO STOP AT THE CHECKPOINT NEAR MIRAN SHAH, THE MAIN TOWN IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN TRIBAL REGION, THE OFFICIAL SAID.
