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Rethinking the War in Pakistan's Borderlands

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics


Shuja Nawaz

Pakistan pursued a half-hearted strategy that allowed the Taliban to make inroads into Pakistani territory and challenge the writ of the state and the Pakistan army itself.

UK Press Catches Primary Fever

The New York Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media


If the United States is mesmerized, and excited, by the primary races, so is England. The results of the Ohio and Texas primaries are front page news...

Dozens Captured In Mob Raids in US, Italy

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of what they called a trans-Atlantic drug trafficki...

Canada Removes US And Israel From Torture Watch List

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics


Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list o...

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

AP | SADAQAT JAN | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics


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...

China Increasingly Concerned Over 'Protectionist Sentiments' In Congress

AP | Christopher Bodeen | Posted 12.09.2007 | Business


Beijing is increasingly concerned over protectionist sentiments in the U.S. Congress, China's finance minister said Sunday, warning legislation target...

Despite Heavy Criticism, US Refuses To Back Mandatory Cuts In Greenhouse Gases During Climate Change Conference

AP | JOSEPH COLEMAN | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


American climate negotiators refused to back down in their opposition to mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, even as a U.S. Senate pa...

Farewell To Arms: Tearful Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics


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

US Was Tipped Off About Pakistan Emergency Rule

United Press International | Posted 11.23.2007 | Politics


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

China Denies US Aircraft Carrier Access To Hong Kong

Reuters | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics


China has refused permission for a U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit, t...

US Among Worst In World In Infant Mortality

AP | Posted 11.11.2007 | Living


The rate at which infants die in the United States has dropped substantially over the past half-century, but broad disparities remain among racial gro...


 

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