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Bhutto free to return despite corruption cloud: Pakistan PM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:04:51 GMT

Former premier Benazir Bhutto is free to return to Pakistan even if past corruption charges may return to haunt her, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Sunday.


Pakistan Says Court to Decide on Amnesty as Bhutto Returns Home (Bloomberg.com)
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:27:45 GMT

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's government said the Supreme Court will decide whether former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will face corruption charges when she returns to the country this week, after a new amnesty law was challenged.


Pakistan political crisis to resume after Eid break (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:50:39 GMT

Pakistan has the next few days off to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but by the middle of this week it should be back to a familiar state of being on the brink of a crisis.


ICC asks India and Pakistan to comment on racism reports (Khaleej Times)
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:46:33 GMT

LONDON — International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed has written to officials in India and Pakistan to ask about reports of racism during matches this week.


Pakistan family killed in revenge (Gulf Daily News)
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:30:13 GMT

MULTAN: A bereaved father led an armed group that opened fire on his daughter's in-laws in central Pakistan killing 16 people including three children, police said yesterday.


Pakistan waits for Bhutto's second homecoming (PTI via Yahoo! India News)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:03:29 GMT

Karachi, Oct 14 (PTI) As Pakistan celebrates Eid for the next two days, the euphoria over the return of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan on Thursday has reached a feverish pitch


Pakistan's Bhutto faces death threats (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:10:04 GMT

Pakistan will deploy 3,500 police and paramilitary troops to guard former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who faces death threats from Islamic militants on her return from self-imposed exile, an official said Saturday.


Pakistan army kills 2 militants near Afghan border (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:59:00 GMT

Two militants launched a drive-by attack on a Pakistan army checkpoint near the border with Afghanistan on Sunday, sparking a high-speed car chase than ended with both insurgents dead, an official said.


Terrorists in training head to Pakistan (Los Angeles Times)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:11:34 GMT

A dangerous new pattern emerges, illustrated by cases in Denmark and Germany. As Al Qaeda regains strength in the badlands of the Pakistani-Afghan border, an increasing number of militants from mainland Europe are traveling to Pakistan to train and to plot attacks on the West, European and U.S. anti-terrorism officials say.


Teacher's Murder Heightens Fear in Northwest Pakistan (World Headlines)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:21:13 GMT

Saadia Jan, 19, bites her nails uncertainly as she perches on the windowsill of her parent's house in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.).