By Sadaqat Jan, Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakis

By Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King Los Angeles Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Red Mosque became a flashpoint for renewed violence Friday as authorities attempted to reopen it for Muslim prayers, with militants battling police and an apparent suicide blast nearby killing at least 13 people.

By Andrew Buncombe Death and violence returned to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, yesterday when a suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and injured more than 40 shortly after police clashed with students who had occupied the notorious Lal Majsid.

A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at a hotel Friday after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capital's Red Mosque reopened for the first time since a bloody army raid ousted pro-Taliban militants holed up there.

By Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suspected suicide bomber killed 13 people at a hotel near Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday as the government reopened the religious complex for the first time since a bloody army raid ousted Islamic militants from the site.