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Attempts to limit deaths in Swat

By Jonathan Rugman

Updated on 13 May 2009

Pakistan's president and Gordon Brown discuss the escalating conflict in Swat during talks in London today.

Gordon Brown meets Pakistan's president: Reuters

Pakistan's army has has been ordered to try to minimise civilian casualties in its offensive against Taliban militants in the country's north west.

The army's chief says more than 750 militants have been killed in the operation which has already driven nearly a million people from their homes.

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