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Pakistan: Like Rushdie, a Lofty Title for Bin Laden (New York Times)
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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:19:24 GMT

A group of clerics, the Pakistan Ulema Council, said they had given Osama bin Laden the title Saifullah, or sword of Allah, in response to the British government?s decision to give Salman Rushdie, the author of ?The Satanic Verses,? a knighthood. The chairman of the council, Tahir Ashrafi, said that since Mr. Rushdie, who is considered a blasphemer by many Muslims in Pakistan, had been given the ...


Report warns of nuclear arms race by Pakistan, India (CNN.com)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:33:38 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Satellite images show that Pakistan is building a nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, an American watchdog group said Thursday, warning that it could contribute to an atomic arms race with archrival India.


Pakistan expanding nuclear program (USA Today)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:04:08 GMT

Satellite images show that Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, an American watchdog group said Thursday.


Report: Images show new Pakistan reactor (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:11:04 GMT

Satellite images show that Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, an American watchdog group said Thursday, warning that it could contribute to an atomic arms race with archrival India.


Pakistan expanding nuclear program, U.S. group says (International Herald Tribune)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:38:32 GMT

A watchdog group said Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium.


Pakistan Opposition Seeks Aziz's Disqualification in Parliament (Bloomberg.com)
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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:18:45 GMT

June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan opposition lawmakers asked the speaker of Parliament to disqualify Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz from the assembly over allegations of fraud, including engineering the 2005 crash of the country's stock market.


Whatmore confident on Pakistan cricket challenge (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:34:58 GMT

Australian Dav Whatmore said he would be up to the challenge of being Pakistan's next cricket coach and is confident he can guide the team to better results.


KFC ransacked in Pakistan riots (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:02:01 GMT

Hundreds of residents angered over a 16-hour power outage rioted in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi overnight, ransacking a KFC restaurant and two banks, police said Thursday.


Senior Afghan urges action against Pakistan-based militants (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:05:55 GMT

A senior Afghan leader called for international assistance to eliminate alleged militant training camps in Pakistan, saying they were behind violence setting back development.


MAN wins contract to build diesel power plants in Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:10:20 GMT

MAN, the German engineering conglomerate, said on Thursday that its subsidiary, MAN Diesel, had signed a deal with Pakistani Atlas Group to build diesel power plants in Pakistan.