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Pakistan's clear message to the West
Politics is never dull in Pakistan. This week, it was inspirational too. On Monday, I watched people flock to the home of Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. A tense standoff between the government and a coalition of opposition groups over Chaudhry's...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Politics, Civil Unrest, Benazir Bhutto
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Taliban blamed for attack on Bhutto
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest Friday in her ancestral village, the government of President Pervez Musharraf blamed her assassination on a Taliban commander and said other politicians also were under threat. The government...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Politics, Afghanistan, Benazir Bhutto, Crimes
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Supporters rejoice as Pakistan chief justice quietly resumes duties
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, who became a symbol of resistance to military rule in Pakistan, quietly resumed his duties Sunday after an incendiary two-year political confrontation that brought down one government and threatened another.
In a...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Defense, Armed Forces, Politics, Civil Unrest
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Bhutto, an aristocrat who championed democracy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShe was, by her own account, a "daughter of destiny," a pampered girl from an aristocratic Pakistani family who inherited her father's political mantle and went on to become the Muslim world's first female prime minister. But in the end, that destiny...Tags: Defense, Civil Rights, Armed Forces, Politics, Roman Catholicism
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Pakistani women assess Bhutto
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSqueezed into segregated public buses with scant seats reserved for women, schoolteacher Suneela Mohsin thinks of Benazir Bhutto. She thinks of the slain leader when she walks crowded streets, forbidden to talk to strange men in public or even make eye...Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Benazir Bhutto, Crimes, Islam
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U.S. gave Bhutto intelligence on dangers she faced
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the weeks before Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the Bush administration directly provided her with intelligence on dangers she faced from militants in Pakistan, as U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf resisted pressure to expand the scope of her...Tags: Steve Israel, Politics, Death, Israel, Civil Unrest
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Investment risks rise with Pakistan chaos
From ReutersPakistan's brief period as a destination for adventurous investors seems over for now, as the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto brings fresh instability to an already volatile nuclear-armed nation. "This is the worst possible scenario for...Tags: Stock Market, Death, Civil Unrest, Benazir Bhutto, Karachi (Pakistan)
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Bhutto's son and husband take the helm of her party
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterActing in accordance with her last wishes, Benazir Bhutto's party Sunday named her 19-year-old son as its ceremonial leader and her widowed husband as the executor of its day-to-day affairs as violence that had flared in Pakistan after her assassination...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Politics, Benazir Bhutto, Crimes, Political Corruption
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Pakistan's problems start at the top
Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan eight years ago, claiming that the army had to step in to save the country from corrupt and incompetent politicians. Since then, he has run both the army and the government himself, with the connivance of a...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Defense, Armed Forces, Politics, Afghanistan
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One coup after another
As Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf completes what is being called his second coup eliminating opposition through emergency powers and consolidating the strong grip on rule he first seized in 1999 it's hard to remember when Pakistan wasn't...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Defense, Colin Powell, Islam, Track and Field
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For Pakistanis, fired justice is symbol of defiance
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry is an unlikely folk hero. The deposed chief justice has a gruff demeanor, a hangdog face, a thick mustache, and is slightly cross-eyed. No one would call him charismatic. But the 59-year-old has rock-star status in Pakistan,...Tags: Defense, Death, Politics, Armed Forces, Coup d'Etat
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Obama and foreign policy: It shouldn't be personal
When President Obama looks into the eyes of foreign leaders in the months ahead, he should search out their interests, not the depths of their souls.
President Bush found himself basing foreign policy too much on personal relationships rather than on the...Tags: Nouri Maliki, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Death, Politics, Hamas
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