MIRAN SHAH, APRIL 23, SPA -- PAKISTANI TROOPS FIRED ON ASPEEDING VAN THAT REFUSED TO STOP AT A CHECKPOINT IN ANORTHWESTERN TRIBAL REGION SUNDAY, KILLING THREE ARMED MEN, AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAID. ONE SOLDIER WAS ALSO KILLED, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. PARAMILITARY TROOPS OPENED FIRE ON THE VAN WHEN ITS DRIVER IGNORED ORDERS TO STOP AT THE CHECKPOINT NEAR MIRAN SHAH, THE MAIN TOWN IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN TRIBAL REGION, THE OFFICIAL SAID. --SPA THE ARMED MEN RETURNED FIRE, KILLING ONE SOLDIER ANDWOUNDING ANOTHER, THE OFFICIAL SAID. TROOPS KILLED THREE OF THE VAN’S ARMED OCCUPANTS. 1102 Local Time 0802 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/355474