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Dems Try to Pre-Empt State of the Union

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, trying to have the first word on President Bush's State of the Union speech, challenged him Friday to reno...

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Musharraf Hits Out At Retired Generals

Financial Times | James Blitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan on Wednesday night angrily hit out at the retired generals who this week said that they no longer had confidence in him, ...

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Support for Musharraf Collapses At Home And Abroad

Washington Post | John Ward Anderson and Robin Wright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As critical elections in Pakistan approach, President Pervez Musharraf is increasingly losing support from major constituencies, including his traditi...

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Rice Defends US Aid to Pakistan

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BERLIN — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration will fight efforts to curb billions of dollars in U.S. aid to ...

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Musharraf: Troops Will "Shoot Anyone" Trying To Disrupt Elections

Associated Press | Munir Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Pervez Musharraf warned troops would shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections meant to bring stability to the country as it ba...

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Motorbike Bomb Kills 9 In Pakistan, Wounds Dozens

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

A bomb planted on a motorbike killed at least nine people and wounded 52 others Monday evening in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, officials said. ...

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Reid Wants Bush To Pressure Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday urged President George W. Bush to consider cutting aid to Pakistan unless it restores full civil rights ...

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Pakistan: US Forces Cannot Hunt Al Qaida, Taliban Militants On Our Soil

AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pakistan reiterated Sunday that it will not let American forces hunt al-Qaida and Taliban militants on its soil, after a news report said Washington w...

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Islamist Politicians Emerge As Pakistan's Power Brokers

Wall Street Journal | PETER WONACOTT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Just after night fell at a campaign rally last Thursday, conservative Islamist politician Khalid Waqar heard the news: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's best...

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NYT Op-Ed: Bhutto Allowed Extremists Who Killed Her To Flourish

New York Times | WILLIAM DALRYMPLE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WHEN, in May 1991, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India was killed by a suicide bomber, there was an international outpouring of grief. Recent ...

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Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Political Heir Apparents

23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

The new leader of Benazir Bhutto's political party (PPP) is none other than her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The teen, whose grandfather a...

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Musharraf Suggest Bhutto Partly Responsible For Her Own Death

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Musharraf said he also reached out to British investigators for assistance to dispel accusations that Pakistan's military or intelligence services wer...

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Bilawal Bhutto: The Bogus Facebook Profile

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Update: A Facebook profile claiming to be one of Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's son, Bilawal Bhutto Zadari has been labeled a fake. ...

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Pakistan Publishes Photo Of Severed Head Of Bhutto's 'Assassin'

London Times | David Byers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Pakistani Government today published a picture of what it said was the severed head of the suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto and offered a ...

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Benazir Bhutto Assassinated: Scotland Yard To Help Investigation

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard to assist in the invest...

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Violence Delays Pakistan Elections Until February

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistani elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of violence following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, authorities said Wednesday, ignor...

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US Not Ready To Accept Pakistan's Findings On Bhutto's Death

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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United States intelligence analysts are not convinced by the evidence offered so far by Pakistani authorities that a militant linked to Al Qaeda was r...

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Pakistan Says Turmoil From Bhutto's Death Could Delay Vote

AFP | Nasir Jaffry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistan indicated Saturday it would delay January elections because of turmoil caused by the death of Benazir Bhutto, as a bitter dispute erupted ove...

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Pakistan Rejects Foreign Help In Bhutto Probe

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistan rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Saturday, despite controversy over the circumstances of her dea...

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Pakistan: Bhutto Died From Skull Fracture, Not Gunshots

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Pakistan - The Pakistani government said Friday that Benazir Bhutto Bhutto was not killed by gunshots or shrapnel as originally claimed but by a skull...

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Clinton Calls For Probe Of Bhutto's Death

Reuters | Ellen Wulfhorst | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for an international probe of Benazir Bhutto's killing and candidates in both parties sparred over foreign p...

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Pakistani Official: Al-Qaida, Taliban Behind Assassination

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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"We have the evidence that al-Qaida and Taliban were behind the suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto," Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said. Interior Minis...

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Pakistan On The Brink Of Chaos After Assassination

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto deals a stunning blow to liberal political forces trying to combat rising Islamic extremism in P...

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A Timeline Of Benazir Bhutto's Life

Telegraph | Richard Edwards | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Jun 21, 1953: Born in Karachi 1976: After spending her childhood in Pakistan and embarking on her higher eduction at Harvard, she is elected presiden...

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World Leaders Express Outrage Over Bhutto Assassination

Reuters | Matthew Tostevin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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World leaders voiced outrage at the assassination on Thursday of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and expressed fears for the fate of the n...

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