US defends Pakistan terror drive
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has defended tactics used in the fight against al-Qaeda militants amid growing anger towards the US in Pakistan. Protesters in Pakistan have blamed the US for the deaths of 18 civilians in a missile attack on a village on Friday. Ms Rice did not say if the US carried out the attack, the intended target of which, according to media reports, was al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri. Full Story