SEVEN PRO-TALIBAN MILITANTS AND A PAKISTANI TROOPER WERE KILLED IN A CLASH IN PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED TRIBAL REGION OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN ON TUESDAY, SECURITY OFFICIALS SAID. THE CLASH OCCURED AFTER THE REBELS AMBUSHED A PARAMILITARY VEHICLE IN THE SHAWAT AREA, AROUND 12 KM (7 MILES) SOUTHWEST OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN'S MAIN TOWN OF MIRANSHAH, A MILITARY OFFICIAL SAID. "SEVEN MISCREANTS WERE KILLED AND ONE SOLDIER DIED," HE SAID. SEPARATELY, MILITANTS SHOT DEAD TWO POLICEMEN IN MIRANSHAH OVERNIGHT, A SECURITY OFFICIAL IN THE AREA TOLD REUTERS.
