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Suicide bomb blast kills more than 20 in northwest Pakistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomb blast at a funeral in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 people Tuesday, including a newly elected provincial lawmaker, authorities said. [Updated, 7:56 a.m. PDT June 18: Authorities later revised the casualty...Tags: Pakistan, Emergency Incidents, Nawaz Sharif, Taliban, Suicide
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Drone strike reportedly kills a long-sought target in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For three long years, the CIA hunted the Pakistani militant who had helped send a suicide bomber deep into a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan. The audacious mission killed seven U.S. intelligence officers and contractors, one...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Jay Carney, Times Square, Taliban, Central Intelligence Agency
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Pakistani Taliban leader believed killed in U.S. drone strike
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban’s second-in-command, Waliur Rehman, was believed to be killed in a suspected U.S. drone missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, along with five other Taliban militants, Pakistani...Tags: Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Central Intelligence Agency
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Pakistan expels N.Y. Times reporter on eve of historic elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government ordered the Islamabad bureau chief for the New York Times to leave the country on the eve of landmark parliamentary elections, according to the newspaper’s website. Declan Walsh, 39, was told...
Tags: Pakistan, Journalism, Parliament, Personal Data Collection, Newspapers
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Pakistan school van fire kills 16 children, teacher
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Sixteen children and a teacher were killed Saturday when their school van burst into flames in eastern Pakistan, apparently due to a short circuit. President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "deep shock" over the tragedy and...
Tags: Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Energy Resources
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Nawaz Sharif may give Pakistan-India relations a boost
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Indian-Pakistani relations, for years fraught with tension, appear on the surface to have received a boost from the stunning electoral comeback by former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Since Sharif's decisive...
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, Manmohan Singh, Government, New Delhi (India), Pakistan
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Obama's restrictions on drone program welcomed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama’s commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders...
Tags: North Korea, Armed Conflicts, Asif Ali Zardari, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pakistan ex-premier's party sweeps elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan's powerful military and is viewed by many...
Tags: Small Businesses, Asif Ali Zardari, Religion and Belief, Government, Lahore (Pakistan)
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Government, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Bombings
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Pakistan's Sharif: Seasoned leader is seen as soft on extremists
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections this weekend returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan’s powerful military and is...
Tags: Small Businesses, Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Government, Lahore (Pakistan)
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Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Obama's drone limits may bolster ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama's commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders said...
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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