john: gary pierre pierre, the founder and publisher of the haitian times, thank you very much. ank you, john. ♪ john: in northwest pakistan, a powerful suicide blast at a political rally for a hard-line religious leader killed at least 44 people and injured nearly 200 more, some of them children. the cleric is considered to be a taliban ally. an eyewitness described the scene. eyewitness: i didn't know how and what exactly happened. i just saw a spark and heard a big bang. after the blast i saw hundreds of people lying on the ground and people staed firing in the air -- a lot of firing. john: no one's claimed responsibility for the attack. it took place across the border from an area of afghanistan where the islamic state is active. more unrest in niger today, along with mounting economic fallout, and the threat of foreign intervention, following last week's coup. in the capital, thousands took to the streets to praise the military for deposing the president. they denounced france, which once controlled niger as a colony. some waved russian flags, as moscow seeks greater influen

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