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Could Be a Late Night in Partystan

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Obama and Afghanistan, Curfews, Karl Eikenberry, Pakistan, Deadlines, David Petraeus, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Obama Administration, Afghanistan Policy, Troop Withdrawal, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Zardari, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

"Daddy, have you seen the car keys?" "On the table near the door -- you're going already?" "I'm late -- I told Marisa I'd pick her up on the way ...

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Pakistan Courthouse Bombing Kills 16 In Peshawar

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Peshawar, Pakistan Army, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Suicide Bombing, Pakistan, North West Frontier Province, Taliban, South Waziristan, Zardari, World News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A blast early Friday killed two police offers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwe...

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Pakistan's Success Against Taliban May Influence Obama's Afghan Troop Decision

New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Obama, Taliban, Mcchrystal, Obama Troop Decision, White House, Waziristan, Pakistan South Waziristan, South Waziristan, Zardari, Sararogha, World News

Success in this region, in the remote mountains near the Afghan border, could have a direct bearing on how many more American troops are ultimately se...

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Predator Drone Strikes Increasing, Carrying Out Operations For Pakistan

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reaper-Drones, New America Foundation, Central Intelligence Agency, The New Yorker, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Obama Administration, Predator, Zardari, New Yorker, Cia, Jane Mayer, Pakistani Government, Predator Drones, Politics News

The Obama Administration has increased the scope of the U.S. government's two drone programs, writes Jane Mayer in an article in the New Yorker. "Acc...

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Zardari Bans Jokes Ridiculing Him, Gets Ridiculed

Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: President Zardari, Zardari Rumors, President Asif Ali Zardari, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Zardari Joke Ban, Zardari Jokes, Zardari, Pakistan Democracy, Advocacy, World News

Under Pakistan's new Cyber Crimes Act, anyone who sends an insult or joke "slander[s] the political leadership of the country" through text, email, bl...

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Pakistan Refugees Reluctant To Return For Lack Of Trust In Government Security

Kalsoom Lakhani | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight-on-Pakistan, Spotlight on Pakistan, Pakistani Refugees, Pakistan, Prime Minister Gilani, Sop, Taliban, Zardari, Idps, World News
Kalsoom Lakhani

Their caution, therefore, seems to be based on a lack of trust in the government to ensure services and security, as well as an overall fatigue from living with host families or in camps.

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Pakistani Media Report Significant Meetings and FM Mullah

Rani Singh | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, India, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, Taliban, Yekaterinburg, Zardari, Mullah, Nam, World News
Rani Singh

A much heralded meeting between Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and newly reinstalled Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took place a few days ago.

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The Dick Cheney Of Pakistan

Rani Singh | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Gilani, Pakistan, Holbrooke, Bhutto, Obama, Nuclear, Security, Zardari, Karachi-Pakistan, Multan-Pakistan, World News
Rani Singh

Gilani's entry into politics was via the Muslim League during General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law in 1978 when he was inducted into the party's Central Working Committee.

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Pakistani President Zardari Absence Drawing Fire

FT | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, United Nations, Swat Valley, Pakistan Crisis, Asif Ali Zardari, Obama Zardari, Taliban Swat Valley, Taliban, Pakistan Turmoil, Taliban Pakistan, Zardari, Advocacy, World News

The absence of Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari from his country at a time when military operations against the Taliban have triggered the bigges...

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Pakistan Attacks Taliban Militants Ahead Of Washington Talks

AP | ZARAR KHAN and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Swat, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pakistan Swat, Obama Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Zardari, Buner, World News

TAKHT BAI, Pakistan — Pakistan launched air and ground attacks against up to 7,000 Taliban militants entrenched in a northwestern valley Wednesd...

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Obama, Zardari, Karzai Meet To Discuss Taliban's Growing Strength

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took on high-stakes diplomacy with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday, seeking more coopera...

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Osama Bin Laden Believed Dead By Pak Intel: Zardari

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, Isi, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Intelligence, Asif Ali Zardari, Al Qaeda, Osama, Advocacy, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Dead, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Is Dead, Zardari, Osama Bin, Laden Is Dead or Alive, Osama Bin Laden Death, Is Laden Is Dead?, Where Is Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Is Osama Bin Laden Dead, Dead Osama Bin Laden, World News

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof. Othe...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Al-Qaeda, Recinciliation Talks, Sarkozy, Moussavi, Choudhry, France, Netanyahu, Iran, Sadc, Hamas, Zardari, Choudry, S-300, Detains, Pyongyang, Cheney, Nato, Madagascar, Aids, South Korea, Israel, Water Forum, Gilad Shalit, Ravalomanana, Yemen, Bush, Pakistan, North Korea, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Rearmament, Us, Khatami, Pope Benedict, Gilani, Rice, Medvedev, Rajoelina, Moscow, Condoms, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Quagmire of the year: Hamas-Israel There is an endless amount of news this week dealing with Israelis and P...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maritime Law, Naval Standoff, Brussels, US Troops, Israel Lobby, Pakistan, World Bank, Pakistan Protests, China, Chas Freeman, Iran, Nato, Economic Cooperation Organization Summit, Mauritania, Us, Zardari, Embassy, Morocco, Missle Launch, Fatah, Palestine, Hamas, Suicide Bombs, Satellite, Biden, Anbar, Ahmadinejad, Cairo, Sunni Insurgency, Afghanistan, Palestinian Unity Talks, Iraq, Prisoner Swap, Pullout, North Korea, Icbm, Fayyad, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Policy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

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Pakistan Bans Protests, Rallies In Lahore Ahead Of Lawyers' March

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Lahore, Lahore Protests, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Zardari, Pakistan State of Emergency, Shahbaz Sharif, World News

The eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday banned protests and rallies ahead of a planned "long march" by lawyers towards the capital Islamabad, ...

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The Pakistani Monster

Wajahat Ali | Posted 04.08.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistani India, Swat, Pakistan, Obama Pakistan, Taliban, Sri Lankan Cricket Team, Fata, Zardari, World News
Wajahat Ali

The tempestuous relationship between the United States and Pakistan is akin to a sordid soap opera featuring a fickle, selfish lover and her unpredictable mistress prone to volatile tantrums.

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Dueling Partners: Pakistan and America

Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, Tariq Ali, Zardari, Pakistan, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

The real problem that confronts Pakistan is not a big rise of religion, but the total and complete failure of a corrupt and callous Pakistani elite to do anything for its people.

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Dangerous Liaisons: The Pakistani Gangsta' and The American Pit Bull

Wajahat Ali | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Asif Ali Zardari, Zardari, Palin, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

Who knew the cure for dementia, depression and PTSD was obtaining the post of Pakistan's President?

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Post (Perverse) Pervez Pakistan

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Pervez Musharraf, Al Qaeda, Nato, War in Afghanistan, Isi, Pakistan, Taliban, Obama, India, Iraq, Mccain, Iaea, Sharif, Oic, Zardari, Musharraf Resigns, Weapons, Nuclear, Pervez Musharraf, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Where does Musharraf's departure leave us insofar as the global effort to eradicate Al Qaeda from its haunts in northwest Pakistan? In one helluva pickle, to put it bluntly.

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