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Fifty Die In Failed Pakistan Assassination

NY Times | Davdi Rhode | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A suicide attacker detonated a powerful bomb inside a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring 80 as...

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At Least 50 Killed In Pakistan Suicide Bombing

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A suicide attacker detonated a bomb packed with ball bearings and nails amid hundreds of holiday worshippers Friday at the residential compound of Pak...

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POY Vey! Time's Snoozy 2007 Noms

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Tomorrow's the big day: On the "Today" show tomorrow morning, Time's Rick Stengel will announce who the vaunted "Person of the Year" is for 2007. To w...

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Musharraf Ends Emergency Rule

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Pervez Musharraf lifted Pakistan's six-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that has enrag...

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Perez Hilton Covers Musharraf's Inauguration As Civilian President

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Why get your news from the same old boring, "Pulitzer prize-winning" sources when you can turn to 23/6 for the freshest reporting from the hottest nam...

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Farewell To Arms: Tearful Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

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Musharraf Retires as Pakistan Army Chief

Associated Press | Munir Ahmad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

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US Was Tipped Off About Pakistan Emergency Rule

United Press International | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pakistani and U.S. officials say the United States wasn't surprised when President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a report says....

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Deputy Secretary Of State Negroponte Urges Pakistan To End Emergency Rule

Bloomberg | Khaleeq Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must lift the state of emergency he declared this month and release all political detainees, U.S. Deputy Secretary...

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Sectarian Violence Between Sunnis, Shiites Leaves 90 Dead In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims clashed Sunday in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left 91 people _ most of them...

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Benazir Bhutto Slams Musharraf In New CNN Interview

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to Wolf Blitzer, on CNN's Late Edition, about the current crisis in Pakistan. Blitzer asked Ms. ...

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US: Pakistan Must End Emergency Rule

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him that emergency rule must be lifted...

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US Secretly Aiding Pakistan In Securing Its Nuclear Weapons

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pa...

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Pakistan's Musharraf Swears In Caretaker Government For "Essence Of Democracy"

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday swore in a caretaker administration and declared he had "introduced the essence of democracy in Pakistan," ...

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Jason Linkins

The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Or, If You Prefer, 'Devolving'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The state of emergency in Pakistan really has Dana Perino in a bind. She cannot just come out and tell the press the truth, which is that President B...

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US Now Believes Musharraf May Fall, Planning For Aftermath

New York Times | HELENE COOPER, MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID ROHDE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Almost two weeks into Pakistan's political crisis, Bush administration officials are losing faith that the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,...

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Musharraf Rejects Rice's Call To End Emergency Decree

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL, DAVID ROHDE and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, rejected an appeal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lift the state of emergency, insisting ...

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Jason Linkins

The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Presidential Apparel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Even as the crisis in Pakistan continues to unfold, Dana Perino is using her word-hole to utter some remarkable things, including novel positions on P...

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Musharraf and Bhutto Both Called Biden Before Bush

Chicago Sun-Times | Robert Novak | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Pervez Musharraf and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto each placed telephone calls from Pakistan to Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of...

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Bhutto On Musharraf: "Any Understanding Between Us Is Now Finished"

Sunday Times of London (U.K.) | Christina Lamb and Dean Nelson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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BENAZIR BHUTTO last night demanded that General Pervez Musharraf step down and insisted that any hope of an understanding with him was now "finished"....

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Bush Admin Won't Have To Cut Aid To Pakistan Anytime Soon

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Bush administration has concluded it is not legally required to cut or suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan despite Presiden...

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Pakistan Police Surround Former PM Bhutto's Home

The New York Times | JANE PERLEZ and DAVID ROHDE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad villa, and reporte...

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Jason Linkins

The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Long Distance Relationships

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Good news, everyone! After a few days of being harangued about how maybe he should respond to the crisis in Pakistan by picking up the phone and talk...

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Jason Linkins

The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Perino's Portrait of Presidential Power Pierced, Penetratingly

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Hoo, boy. When Dana Perino took back the press room podium from Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt this afternoon, she sure imagined...

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Jason Linkins

The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Fighting For Democracy Over There, In Lieu Of Having It Here

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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It is a comfort to note that if President Bush had his way, Pakistan, at least, would be a lovely place to live.

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