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Pakistan's Military Stays in the Barracks, for Now
By Aamir Latif -
Nation & World
- August 29, 2008
With a history of coups, Pakistanis are keeping a close eye on the generals.
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Pakistan's Ambassador Says Musharraf Resignation Returns Nuclear-Armed Nation to Democracy
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- August 19, 2008
Diplomat sends message of reassurance to Washington about Pakistan's commitment to counterterrorism.
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Public Opinion: How Will Foreign-Policy-Related Events Affect the U.S. Presidential Election?
Opinion
- August 18, 2008
The president of Pakistan resigns, and the Georgia crisis continues, as does the Iraq war.
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Time Seems to Be Running Out for Pakistan's Embattled President
By Aamir Latif -
Nation & World
- August 15, 2008
Pressure builds for Pervez Musharraf to resign and leave the country.
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Pakistan Voters Send Loud Message to Musharraf
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- February 19, 2008
But the struggling leader might still withstand efforts to oust him.
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Bhutto Worried About 'Security Issues'
By Kevin Whitelaw and Aamir Latif -
Nation & World
- January 3, 2008
Calling in Scotland Yard won't stop the conspiracy theories over her death.
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A Mourning Nation Faces a Volatile Future
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- January 3, 2008
An election postponement adds to the pressures in the aftermath of Bhutto's assassination.
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Benazir Bhutto's Death Leaves a Political Void in Pakistan
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- December 28, 2007
A hoped-for democratic transition now is in jeopardy
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Musharraf Blames Terrorists for Benazir Bhutto's Murder
By Aamir Latif -
Nation & World
- December 27, 2007
The death of the popular political leader is a destabilizing blow to an already volatile nation.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 28, 2007
News Desk
- November 28, 2007
A day after Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed in Annapolis to resume peace talks, President Bush will bring together Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today at the White House. Bush will meet with each leader separately initially and then later this afternoon bring them together to formally announce that the first direct negotiations in years have begun.
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The Revolt of the Lawyers
By Aamir Latif -
Nation & World
- November 16, 2007
Why judges, too, are joining the challenge to General Musharraf
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 15, 2007
News Desk
- November 15, 2007
Last night House Democrats pushed through a $50 billion Iraq war funding bill that would mandate President Bush to start bringing troops home in the next few weeks, with the scheduled pullout to be finished in December 2008, just a month after the presidential election.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 13, 2007
News Desk
- November 13, 2007
This morning former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto urged President Pervez Musharraf to step down after she was put on house arrest for the second time in five days. The opposition leader said she would not be able to rule alongside Musharraf in the future because she could not trust him. Musharraf came to power in a 1999 coup and has been a valuable U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
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Musharraf Tightens His Grip
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- November 10, 2007
A crucial ally delivers a setback for the U.S. 'freedom agenda'
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 9, 2007
News Desk
- November 9, 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house arrest today and thousands of her supporters were rounded up by police in an effort to quash a mass protest against President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule. Musharraf suspended the Constitution last Saturday.
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Benazir Bhutto Tests Her Clout
News Desk
- November 8, 2007
KARACHI, PAKISTAN—Pakistan's mainstream political parties have so far failed to offer much substantial resistance to the imposition of emergency rule, with the military regime largely successful at keeping the opposition parties divided. But Pakistani political analysts believe that the situation could change in the coming days as former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, perhaps the country's most popular opposition leader, appears to be losing patience with Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency powers and suspension of the Constitution.
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Biden Vows to Block Military Sales to Pakistan
News Desk
- November 8, 2007
Calling the Bush administration's reaction to emergency rule in Pakistan inadequate, Sen. Joseph Biden, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that he is considering suspending sales of major weapons systems to Pakistan.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 8, 2007
News Desk
- November 8, 2007
After being pressured by western allies, Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, said parliamentary elections will be held by mid-February, a month later than planned. This move stemmed criticism from former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who said the pledge was insufficient.
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Pakistan's Lawyers Take On Musharraf
News Desk
- November 7, 2007
KARACHI, PAKISTAN—The state of emergency declared by Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has plunged the country into a judicial crisis as the lawyers fraternity—which has been leading street protests for the past five days—is pledging to boycott courts being led by Musharraf's replacement judges.
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U.S. Takes a Hit From Pakistan's Turmoil
News Desk
- November 6, 2007
KARACHI, Pakistan—It might have been Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf who mounted what many Pakistanis are calling a "coup" against the country's judiciary when he declared a state of emergency and fired the nation's chief justice on Saturday. But Washington is receiving its share of the blame from a disappointed Pakistani public, many of whom had been rooting for the country's Supreme Court in its recent challenges to Musharraf's military rule.
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Can Musharraf Keep His Grip on Pakistan?
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- November 5, 2007
The declaration of emergency fuels an angry backlash—and anxieties in Washington.
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Pakistan's Uneasy Relationship With Washington
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- October 2, 2007
The finger-pointing goes both ways.
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Stepping Into the Tumult
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- September 29, 2007
Benazir Bhutto's bold plan
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A Perilous Passage to Pakistan
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- September 25, 2007
The planned return home of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto adds to the political turmoil in Pakistan.
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