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After Germany's latest parliamentary election left the Bundestag in a deadlock, presumptive Prime Minister Angela Merkel has been forced to create a coalition government with the Social Democrats headed by her predecessor, Gerhard Schroder.

One of theMissiles fired by an unmanned US drone have killed at least 24 people in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border, officials have said. Local officials said the dead were local Taleban and that the toll may rise. Thirty others were injured. Correspondents say this is the fifth drone attack on Pakistani territory since Barack Obama became US president. Pakistan is critical of the tactic because, it says, civilians are often killed, fuelling support for militants. The target of the missile attack on Thursday night was a training camp run by a local Taleban commander. The camp in the Brijo area is located some 20km from Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Hostages Local officials told the BBC Urdu Service that a drone fired four missiles into the camp,