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Widespread Outage Spurs Coup Rumors In Pakistan 
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- Panicky rumors of a coup swept through Pakistan on Sunday after a power outage interrupted national television broadcasts and later plunged much of the country into darkness. US spy agency CIA paid Pakistan for al-Qaeda suspects: Musharraf AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 4:16 PM
The US Central Intelligence Agency paid Pakistan millions of dollars for handing over more than 350 suspected al-Qaeda terrorists to the United States, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly said.Power Outage in Pakistan Not Linked to Coup Washington Post - Sep 24 3:00 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- Panicky rumors of a coup swept through Pakistan on Sunday after a power failure cut off national television broadcasts and later plunged much of the country into darkness.Pakistan denies coup rumours while Musharraf away Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 10:37 AM
Pakistan on Sunday denied rumours of a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf while he is visiting the United States.Pakistan Denies Coup Rumors as Power Failures Hit Main Cities Bloomberg.com - Sep 24 6:33 PM
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government rejected as ``baseless'' rumors of a coup against President Pervez Musharraf that circulated after power failures struck areas of the country, including cities such as the capital, Islamabad.Indian PM plugs for action with Pakistan to stem Islamic militants AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 5:49 AM
India's prime minister sought public support to tackle terrorism by cooperating with Pakistan, saying such a move would pressure Islamic militants accused in a series of deadly attacks.Indian troops kill seven rebels near Pakistan border AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 3:14 AM
Seven suspected Islamic militants were shot dead in two gunbattles with security forces in Indian Kashmir and on the western border with Pakistan in Rajasthan state, officials said.Pakistan to draw on Thai talent Bangkok Post - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
Pakistan has sought technical assistance from Thai manufacturers to quadruple its gem and jewellery export target to US$100 million within the next few years.US threat to hit Pakistan 'news to me' Bush insists Times Online - Sep 24 5:50 PM
PRESIDENT BUSH said yesterday that he was taken aback by a claim from President Musharraf of Pakistan that the US had threatened to bomb his country if it did not co-operate with America after the September 11 attacks.Pakistan to route intelligence to India via Interpol Khaleej Times - 28 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD Pakistan said it would share intelligence information with India through Interpol as per the joint anti-terror mechanism agreed upon by the two countries and willfully cooperate if any Red Corner Notices were issued through the world police body.Pakistan should rationalise power, gas tariffs to boost FDI: World Bank Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD The World Bank has advised Pakistan to rationalise tariffs especially those of power and gas with a view to adequately facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country.We'll bomb you to Stone Age, US told Pakistan Times Online - Sep 24 3:17 PM
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, the President of Pakistan, claimed last night that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his country "into the Stone Age" if it did not co-operate with the US after 9/11, sharply increasing tensions between the...FEATURE - Cinemas in Bangladesh, Pakistan squeezed by Bollywood Yahoo! India News - Sep 24 6:32 PM
DHAKA/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The traditional family trip to the local cinema has become little more than a nostalgic memory in Bangladesh and Pakistan, where locals prefer to stay home and watch banned Bollywood films on their television sets.Osama 'probably' hiding in Pakistan: Karzai New Kerala - 30 minutes ago
Washington, Sep 25: Three days ahead of the trilateral summit with US President George W Bush and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has said the al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, is "probably" in Pakistan and he can be captured if "collectively tried".Pakistan's countrywide power failure - a coup attempt, sabotage, technical failure, an operational imbalance or India Daily - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
Pakistan's countrywide power failure can be a coup attempt, sabotage, technical failure, an operational imbalance or planning disaster.The coup rumor is far fetched but it could be sabotage.Pakistan army recruits first Hindu cadet Sify News - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
Pakistan army has recruited a Hindu for the first time in its nearly 60-year-old history, months after it commissioned a Sikh youth. Danesh formally donned army colours at a parade on Saturday along with fellow recruits.Bush admn satisfied with Pakistan's handling of A Q Khan issue: Mush New Kerala - 20 minutes ago
Washington, Sep 25: The Bush administration is "very satisfied" and "quite comfortable" with the way Islamabad has handled the issue of nuclear scientist A Q Khan's proliferation network, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said.President s visit started pro-Pakistan movement Dawn - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Sept 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf s current visit to the United States has laid the foundation of a pro-Pakistan movement in America and it has by far been the most successful one.Pakistan to share intelligence with India Calcutta News - Sep 24 2:55 PM
Pakistan has agreed to share anti-terrorism intelligence with India through the international police organization Interpol, a Pakistani official says.Indian PM plugs for action with Pakistan to stem Islamic militants Channel NewsAsia - Sep 24 11:41 AM
NAINITAL, India : India's prime minister has sought public support to tackle terrorism by cooperating with Pakistan, saying such a move would pressure Islamic militants accused in a series of deadly attacks.Manmohan defends accord with Pakistan Business Recorder - Sep 24 3:54 PM
NAINITAL (September 25 2006): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday sought public support to tackle terrorism by co-operating with Pakistan, saying that such a move would pressure Islamic militants accused in a series of deadly attacks.Major electricity breakdown hits Pakistan Business Recorder - Sep 24 3:53 PM
ISLAMABAD: Supply of electricity was disrupted across Pakistan on Sunday causing a national black out after a technical fault developed in the power distribution network, officials said.All power stations were shut down around 1.45 p.m. (0845 GMT) aft ....Pakistan army recruits first Hindu cadet Kaumundi Online - Sep 24 12:25 PM
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan army has recruited a Hindu for the first time in its nearly 60-year-old history, months after it commissioned a Sikh youth. Danesh formally donned the Pakistan army colours at a parade here yesterday along with fellow recruits.Efforts of Afghanistan, Pakistan praised by Bush The Buffalo News - Sep 24 6:04 AM
WASHINGTON - President Bush, who will play middleman this week between sometimes-sparring neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan, praised the two U.S. allies Saturday for their work in fighting terrorism under difficult circumstances.Major power breakdown in Pakistan sparks rumours of coup Sify News - Sep 24 2:27 PM
An unprecedented power failure across Pakistan on Sunday sparked rumours of a coup against President Pervez Musharraf, who is on an 18-day foreign tour.Major power breakdown hits Pakistan Gulf News - Sep 24 1:55 PM
Lahore/Karachi: A major power failure struck across Pakistan on Sunday due to a fault in the national electricity transmission system, a government official said.Report of bin Laden death unconfirmed: France, Pakistan, US AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 23 9:12 AM
France, Pakistan and the United States have said a report Osama bin Laden has died of typhoid was unconfirmed, while Paris was probing how the intelligence brief it was based on came to be leaked.Taliban chief key to deal in Pakistan The Age - Sep 24 7:20 AM
A fugitive Taliban commander has emerged as the key player behind the movement's controversial peace deal with Pakistan. -Pakistan hit by major power outage Yahoo! India News - Sep 24 6:02 AM
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A technical fault triggered a nationwide blackout in Pakistan on Sunday, a spokesman for the country'a main power utility said. He ruled out sabotage.Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan spent more on weapons than on health care between 2002 and 2003. News From Bangladesh - Sep 24 11:21 AM
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan spent more on weapons than on health care between 2002 and 2003.Indian PM plugs for action with Pakistan to stem Islamic militants TODAYonline - Sep 24 6:02 AM
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in Havana, September 16. Singh has sought public support to tackle terrorism by cooperating with Pakistan, saying such a move would pressure Islamic militants accused in a series of deadly attacks.Eight killed, 55 injured in Pakistan road crash AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 23 5:23 AM
At least eight people were killed and 55 injured when a bus collided with another on Pakistan's main highway near the capital Islamabad, police said.Rebels blow up gas pipeline in southwest Pakistan AFP via Yahoo!7 News - Sep 24 2:03 AM
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - Insurgents blew up a natural gas pipeline in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, cutting supply to thousand of homes, police said.Joint mechanism to test Pakistan: PM India Daily - Sep 24 8:23 AM
Hitting back at his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee for flaying the Indo-Pak joint mechanism against terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the arrangement was aimed at testing Pakistan on its promise to stop cross-border terrorism and that his Government had not gone soft on tackling the scourge.Pakistan to route intelligence to India via Interpol Yahoo! India News - Sep 24 2:17 AM
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Pakistan said it would share intelligence information with India through Interpol as per the joint anti-terror mechanism agreed upon by the two countries and 'willfully' cooperate if any Red Corner Notices were issued through the world police body.Bush praises Afghanistan, Pakistan for their roles in the war on terror Tulsa World - Sep 24 3:57 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, playing middleman next week between sometimes-sparring neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan, praised the U.S. allies Saturday for their work in defeating terrorism under difficult circumstances.Bush denies knowledge of bomb threat to Pakistan IndeOnline.com - Sep 24 8:00 AM
WASHINGTON President Bush said Friday he was taken aback by a purported U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age if it did not cooperate in the fight against terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks.Pakistan hit by major power outage The Pakistan Link - Sep 24 7:59 AM
ISLAMABAD: A technical fault in Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) triggered a nationwide blackout in Pakistan on Sunday, a spokesman for the country s main power utility said. He ruled out sabotage.Entire Pakistan plunges into darkness New Kerala - Sep 24 10:30 AM
Islamabad, Sept 24: Pakistan on Sunday was hit by a massive power outage after a technical fault in Pakistan s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) that triggered a nationwide blackout.Bush praises Afghanistan and Pakistan for their roles in war on terror WLUC TV 6 - Sep 24 9:04 AM
WHITE HOUSE President Bush is praising U-S allies for their role in the war on terrorism as he prepares for a series of meetings next week with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.Pakistan army recruits first Hindu cadet rediff.com - Sep 24 4:51 AM
Danesh formally donned the Pakistan army colours at a parade in Islamabad on Saturday along with fellow recruits.PM Manmohan Singh wants to test Pakistan through joint mechanism to fight terrorism but BJP sees Mechanism with India Daily - Sep 24 6:37 AM
The decision to set up the joint mechanism will ''test'' Pakistan on how it fulfils its promise of not allowing territory under its control to be used for terrorism against India, Singh told a joint press conference.Joint mechanism on terror to test Pakistan: PM Hindustan Times - Sep 24 3:37 AM
Brushing aside criticism against the formation of a joint mechanism with Pakistan to fight terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said it was aimed at testing Islamabad on implementing its promise to end the scourge directed against India.Joint mechanism on terror to test Pakistan: PM Sify News - Sep 24 5:27 AM
Brushing aside criticism against the formation of a joint mechanism with Pakistan to fight terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was aimed at testing Islamabad on implementing its promise to end the scourge directed against India.Pakistan presidential motorcade causes interstate congestion Greenville Herald-Banner - Sep 24 2:04 AM
The president of Pakistan passed through Greenville and Hunt County twice on Saturday causing mild congestion, said a Greenville Police Department sergeant.India's Paes to partner Pakistan's Qureshi in Mumbai Open Reuters via Yahoo!7 News - Sep 23 10:17 PM
MUMBAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) - India's Leander Paes will pair up with Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan in the men's doubles at the Mumbai Open beginning on Monday.At least seven militants killed near India-Pakistan borders Khaleej Times - Sep 24 2:17 AM
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI - Indian troops killed at least seven suspected Muslim militants in separate gun-battles near the India-Pakistan border region on Sunday, officials said.French paper says bin Laden died in Pakistan Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 23 1:08 AM
A French regional newspaper quoted a French secret service report on Saturday as saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.Cycle bomb kills two in Pakistan, injures 20 AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 23 12:43 AM
A bomb planted on a bicycle exploded at a crowded bus terminal in central Pakistan, killing two people and injuring 20, police said.Leander Paes to partner Pakistan's Qureshi in Mumbai Open Yahoo! India News - Sep 23 11:17 PM
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Leander Paes will pair up with Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan in the men's doubles at the Mumbai Open beginning on Monday.India, Pakistan have to find ways to tackle problems: PM Deccan Herald - Sep 24 3:16 AM
Noting that there had been a "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the two countries have to find ways and means to tackle their problems including terrorism.Pakistan leader's 'Stone Age' revelation shows weakness: analysts AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 22 10:09 PM
President Pervez Musharraf's disclosure of a US threat to bomb Pakistan if it did not back the war on terror may have been meant as a sop to domestic opponents, but made him look weak instead, analysts say.Joint mechanism on terror to test Pakistan: PM Outlook India - Sep 24 2:30 AM
Brushing aside criticism against the formation of a joint mechanism with Pakistan to fight terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was aimed at testing Islamabad on implementing its promise to end the scourge directed against India.Pakistan, U.S. seek to defuse 9/11 claim Chicago Tribune - Sep 23 9:25 AM
Musharraf mum, Bush jokes, ex-U.S. envoy says he never said it With the United States and Pakistan united in a war against terrorism, the suggestion Friday that the U.S. once threatened to bomb the Pakistanis "back to the Stone Age" landed like a diplomatic bombshell. Bush says US prepared to play role in India-Pakistan peace process AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 22 10:05 PM
The United States is prepared to play any role in efforts by India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute if invited by the two nuclear-armed neighbours, US President George W. Bush said.India outclass Pakistan to win U-19 series CricInfo - Sep 23 9:23 PM
India U-19s crushed their Pakistan counterparts by 174 runs in the third one-day match to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground in Lahore..Pakistan leader: let's talk book, not bombing Financial Times - Sep 23 5:47 PM
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, yesterday transformed a White House news conference into a book promotion when he refused to answer a question about his claim that the US had threatened to bomb Pakistan "into the Stone Age".Pakistan cannot confirm bin Laden's death report People's Daily - Sep 23 7:24 PM
Pakistani officials said Saturday Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that could corroborate a French newspaper report on al- Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death, local media reported.Pakistan 'not doing enough' to help diggers The Age - Sep 23 12:17 PM
Australia has openly accused Pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror, of not doing enough to stop the Taliban using its territory as a base for attacks on Australian and allied troops in Afghanistan.Report of Osama's death unconfirmed: France, Pakistan, US Channel NewsAsia - Sep 23 4:11 PM
COMPIEGNE, France : France, Pakistan and the United States have said a report Osama bin Laden has died of typhoid was unconfirmed, while Paris was probing how the intelligence brief it was based on came to be leaked.Pakistan s support to US in war on terror in national interest: Kasuri Pakistani Newspaper - Sep 23 8:41 PM
WASHINGTON, Sep 23 (Online): Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said all the reservations which emerged after Musharraf s statement that U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age after the Sept. 11 attacks now have been removed after President Musharraf meeting with US President George W. Bush.Pakistan president speaks of peace plan Paris News - Sep 23 9:59 PM
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, expounded on his Enlightened Moderation initiative and talked about his White House visit with President George W. Bush in a brief exclusive interview with The Paris News.Foreign troops not to be allowed to conduct operation in Pakistan: DG ISPR Pakistani Newspaper - Sep 23 8:40 PM
WASHINGTON, Sep 23 (Online): Director General of Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR), Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan has said that no foreign troops would be allowed to conduct operation on Pakistan s soil.Iran cautions India and Pakistan about reassigning gas exports New Kerala - Sep 23 11:09 PM
By Iaonnis Solomou, Nicosia, Sept 24: Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Nejad-Hosseinian has cautioned India and Pakistan that unless they come to an agreement with his country on the price of Iranian gas, exported to the two countries through the Iran-Pakistan- India pipeline, Tehran would reassign the gas to LNG exports.Report of bin Laden death unconfirmed: France, Pakistan, US TODAYonline - Sep 23 4:02 PM
A page of French daily paper "L'Est Republicain" which published today what it said was a report by the country's intelligence services that said Saudi Arabia believes Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan this month.Pakistan to head group of 77 Dawn - Sep 23 9:01 PM
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23: Pakistan has been unanimously elected to head the group of 77 plus China at the 30th annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the G-77 and China held in New York.Pakistan says it has no information Dawn - Sep 23 8:59 PM
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, a senior government official said.Bush praises Afghanistan and Pakistan for their roles in war on terror Boston Herald - Sep 23 9:41 AM
WASHINGTON - President Bush, playing middleman next week between sometimes-sparring neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan, praised the U.S. allies Saturday for their work in defeating terrorism under difficult...Report: Bin Laden died in Pakistan MSNBC - Sep 23 1:13 AM
A French regional newspaper quoted a French secret service report on Saturday as saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.Pakistan have weakened their case: Imran The Telegraph - Sep 23 2:28 PM
Karachi: With four days to go for the ICC disciplinary hearing in London, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has said Pakistan had weakened its case in the ball-tampering row by not opting to approach the court in the first place.Pakistan no more a weak country: Musharraf Business Recorder - Sep 23 4:24 PM
WASHINGTON (September 24 2006): Pakistan has come a long way in the last few years and is no more a weak country internally, President General Pervez Musharraf told a gathering of Pakistani Americans Friday evening.FEATURE - Rape law reform lays bare Pakistan's political morass Yahoo! India News - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.India says it warned Pakistan of attack Calcutta News - Sep 23 1:40 PM
India knew of a 2003 assassination attempt on Pakistan's president and warned him two days before it took place, a former Indian defense minister says.Bomb kills 2, injures 20 in Pakistan UPI - Sep 23 1:08 PM
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A bomb exploded at a cattle market in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 20, police said.Pakistan doubts Osama death report Yahoo! India News - Sep 23 9:47 AM
Islamabad, Sep 23 (DPA) A report from a French intelligence service that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died in Pakistan last month was met with scepticism in Islamabad Saturday.French newspaper reports 'bin Laden dead in Pakistan' Daily Telegraph - Sep 23 10:05 AM
President Jacques Chirac has ordered an inquiry into how a report that al-Qa'eda founder Osama bin Laden died last August in his hideout in Pakistan was leaked to a French newspaper.True democracy is what Pakistan needs Gulf News - Sep 23 1:28 PM
The latest meeting between US President George Bush and Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has taken place amid Pakistani claims of close ties with the Bush administration.Musharraf: In the Line of Fire CBS News - 11 minutes ago
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf tells 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft the U.S. told him his country would be bombed back to the Stone Age if it didn't help fight the war on terrorism. The two presidents meet this morning.Pakistan 'not doing enough' to help diggers The Age - Sep 23 7:39 AM
Australia openly accuses Pakistan of not doing enough to stop the Taliban using its territory as a base for attacks on Australian and allied troops in Afghanistan.Negotiations on Peace Pipeline between Iran-Pakistan-India to be finalized in November Payvand Iran News - Sep 23 10:45 AM
Negotiations on the Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas deal or the so-called "Peace Pipeline Project" would be finalized after the designated consultant company tasked with working out a pricing formula presents its report in November, noted here on Saturday, Iran's deputy oil minister for international affairs Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian. -MNAPakistan, Britain agree on joint intelligence sharing group Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 23 7:48 AM
Pakistan - Britain - Intelligence Pakistan and Britain have agreed on the formation of a joint working group to strengthen intelligence sharing between the two countries, Pakistan's interior minister said on Saturday.Bush praises Afghanistan and Pakistan for their roles in war on terror KXLY-TV Spokane - Sep 23 10:36 AM
WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush is praising US allies for their role in the war on terrorism as he prepares for a series of meetings next week with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.Pakistan bomb blast kills two Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 23 8:03 AM
Pakistan - Blast At least two people were killed when a bomb exploded in an animal market in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, TV channels reported.Bush was 'taken aback' by U.S. threat to Pakistan International Herald Tribune - Sep 22 1:41 PM
President Bush said that he had been "taken aback" by a purported U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age if it did not cooperate in the fight against terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks.Bush 'taken aback' by Pakistan claim The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 23 12:17 AM
President Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf celebrated five years of antiterrorism cooperation yesterday - and skirted an allegation that the partnership began with a U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan "back to the Stone Age."US dismisses French report on bin Laden's death AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 24 11:23 AM
Top US officials dismissed a French intelligence memo leaked to the media that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died recently in Pakistan of typhoid fever.Did Bin Laden Die Of Typhoid In Pakistan? Medical News Today - Sep 23 11:05 AM
A leaked intelligence report indicates that there is a chance Osama Bin Laden may be dead. The report says he might have died of typhoid in Pakistan some time in August, 2006. French President, Jacques Chirac has asked Michele Alliot-Marie, his Defense Minister, to try to find out how this leaked intelligence found its way to L'Est Republicain, a French regional newspaper. [click link for full Bush moves to end Pakistan rift The Age - Sep 23 7:39 AM
US President George Bush launched a new round of personal diplomacy yesterday aimed at patching up tense relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban insurgency is posing new challenges for an administration already struggling to pacify Iraq.Pakistan given no info to back report bin Laden dead Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 23 3:47 AM
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, a senior government official said.A Sudden Trip to Pakistan: On The Road In Lahore, With A Digicam Blogcritics.org - Sep 23 12:36 PM
[The author traveled to Pakistan in September, 2006] Life by the Canal A canal was gushing forth on the right side of the window seat. Flowing between two parallel highways, it remained a constant companion. The Daewoo van had left Wagah - the international border separating India from Pakistan - and was now speeding towards Lahore, some twenty miles away. Grassy patches sloped REPORT OF BIN LADEN DEATH UNCONFIRMED: FRANCE, PAKISTAN, US The Tocqueville Connection - Sep 23 8:50 AM
COMPIEGNE, France, Sept 23, 2006 (AFP) - France, Pakistan and the United States said Saturday that a report Osama bin Laden has died of typhoid was unconfirmed, while Paris was probing how the intelligence brief it was based on came to be leaked.Foreign banks eye acquisitions in Pakistan FT.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 22 7:10 AM
International banks are sizing up possible acquisitions in Pakistan as swelling domestic banking profits stir interest despite looming uncertainty over the outlook for the government of General Pervez Musharraf.Bush recasts his Pakistan comments San Jose Mercury News - Sep 23 3:19 AM
President Bush, struggling with turbulence in the important U.S.-Pakistan relationship, eased back Friday from his vow to order U.S. troops to invade Pakistan, if necessary, to track down Osama bin Laden.Report of bin Laden death unconfirmed: France, Pakistan, US AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 23 3:48 PM
World leaders reacted cautiously to a French newspaper report that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has died, while the French government probed the leak of an intelligence brief cited by the daily.Pakistan-India to share info on intelligence through Interpol Navhind Times - Sep 23 2:10 PM
Islamabad, Sept 23: Pakistan today said it would share information on intelligence with India through Interpol as per the joint anti-terror mechanism agreed upon by the two countries and willfully cooperate if any Red Corner Notices were issued through the world police body.Coup rumours sweep Pakistan News Interactive - Sep 24 2:11 PM
PAKISTANI officials have denied rumours of a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf while he is visiting the United States.Two killed, over 20 injured in blast in Pakistan Kaumundi Online - Sep 23 10:40 AM
ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed and over 20 injured in a bomb blast at a cattle market in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province.The bomb was attached to a bicycle, which exploded near a crowded bus stand in Dera Ghazi Khan, one of the most populous cities in Punjab, TV channels reported.Bush 'taken aback' by Pakistan threat report AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 22 8:18 AM
US President George W. Bush said he was "taken aback" by a news report that the United States had threatened to bomb Pakistan in late 2001, but stopped short of flatly denying the charge.French paper says Bin Laden died in Pakistan Pakistani Newspaper - Sep 23 11:25 AM
PARIS/ISLAMABAD, Sep 23: A French regional newspaper quoted a French secret service report on Saturday as saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.Bush says knew of no threat to bomb Pakistan Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 22 8:03 AM
President George W. Bush said on Friday he knew of no U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan following the September 11 attacks.