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Proof: Somali pirates kill three Pakistanis during rescue operation

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T17:01:21Z","headline":"Somali pirates kill three Pakistanis during rescue operation","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"tribunepk","url":"https://tribune.com.pk/story/2632091/somali-pirates-kill-three-pakistanis-during-rescue-operation","v":1}

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f874cbfab9d1b640f588642d91339a6af4a8481f8a0a3e26859421dae48ec8b0

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f874cbfab9d1.json prints f874cbfab9d1b640f588642d91339a6af4a8481f8a0a3e26859421dae48ec8b0. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-f874cbfab9d1.json and headline-f874cbfab9d1.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-f874cbfab9d1.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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