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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: Manmohan Singh, Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan, Elections
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No moms in macro trading? Paul Tudor Jones backpedals on comments
Anne-Marie Slaughter. Marissa Mayer. Sheryl Sandberg. Paul Tudor Jones? The founder of Tudor Investment Corp. seems, almost by accident, to be the newest voice in the debate about women at work. The hedge fund honcho, ranked 123rd on Forbes’...
Tags: LEGO Group, Freedom of Information Act, Walmart, The Washington Post, Marissa Mayer
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Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says
TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Islam, Pakistan, Elections
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Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say
WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Emergency Incidents, Eric Holder, Central Intelligence Agency, John O. Brennan
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Turkey leader to press Obama for greater U.S. role on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama faces a fresh test Thursday of his determination to steer clear of the civil war in Syria when he considers a desperate plea from a longtime U.S. ally. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to urge...
Tags: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Bashar Assad, U.S. Military, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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From four Iranians, four views of the coming election
TEHRAN -- Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Revolutions, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Elections
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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: Islam, Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan, Elections
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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: Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Elections, Pakistan, Taliban
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The struggle for Syria
My cousin, Ramez, was dead before the echoes of the gunshot that killed him stopped ringing. His 4-year-old daughter, Zeynab, watched him fall on a narrow street in Damascus, but she never heard the shot because she is deaf. She held onto his lifeless...
Tags: Bashar Assad, U.S. Military, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Religion and Belief
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Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. But sharia means different...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Laws, Southeast Asia, Islam, Science and Technology
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China's Middle East footprint
Security in the Forbidden City across the street from the Great Hall of the People was tight last month when Li Keqiang was installed as premier of China. But the uniformed guards weren't armed with automatic weapons. Instead, they were equipped with fire...
Tags: China, Bashar Assad, Kobe Bryant, Islam, Trade Agreements
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Israel's claim about Syria chemical weapons highlights 'red line'
JERUSALEM — Israel's accusation that Syria used chemical weapons against rebels raises the prospect that Damascus crossed what President Obama has termed a "red line," but appears unlikely to overcome deep resistance of the U.S. and its allies to...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Biological and Chemical Weapons, NATO, Israel Defense Forces, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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