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NEW DELHI (Xinhua) -- Disputes between India and Pakistan have been hampering South Asia's economic growth at a time of global economic meltdown, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said here on Sunday.

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But why is a suicide bomber so terrifying that even an unverified rumor could provoke such blind panic that people who do not know how to swim would actually jump off the bridge they were on and down into the swirling Tigris River to drown?
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NEW DELHI (Xinhua) -- Disputes between India and Pakistan have been hampering South Asia's economic growth at a time of global economic meltdown, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said here on Sunday.

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But why is a suicide bomber so terrifying that even an unverified rumor could provoke such blind panic that people who do not know how to swim would actually jump off the bridge they were on and down into the swirling Tigris River to drown?
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