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Commonwealth gives Pakistan suspension ultimatum (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:24:58 GMT

The Commonwealth on Monday gave Pakistan a 10-day deadline to restore its constitution and lift other emergency measures or face suspension from the 53-nation grouping.


Pakistan's Bhutto under house arrest ahead of planned march (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:09:56 GMT

Pakistan placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto back under house arrest Tuesday, setting up a tense new showdown over her plans for a mass procession against emergency rule.


Bush wants emergency lifted before Pakistan vote (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:20:54 GMT

US President George W. Bush wants emergency rule lifted first in Pakistan to enable "free and fair" elections to go ahead, the White House said Monday.


Pakistan bars planned protest by Bhutto (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:44:52 GMT

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will not be allowed to hold a protest procession across Pakistan because it will violate a ban on political rallies under the state of emergency, a government spokesman said Monday.


Commonwealth threatens to suspend Pakistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:50:01 GMT

The Commonwealth threatened on Monday to suspend Pakistan unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed emergency laws and took other rapid steps to address his country's problems.


Pakistan bans Bhutto rally, citing security (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:28:31 GMT

Pakistan's government Monday banned opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from holding a protest rally against emergency rule and said it may place her under effective house arrest.


Jailed lawyer has long history of fighting military rule in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:09:21 GMT

When President Ronald Reagan greeted Pakistan's dictator, Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq, at a White House state dinner, Aitzez Ahsan was in jail for protesting too loudly about the lack of democracy. Now he is in jail again.


Pakistan's opposition mulls vote boycott (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:58:05 GMT

Pakistan's opposition called on Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency, threatening Monday to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections unless citizens' rights were fully restored and he stepped down as army chief.


Pakistan: Musharraf Goes For Broke (Space War)
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Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:07:13 GMT

by Pyotr Goncharov Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 13, 2007 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has ignored the urgent calls, not to mention the demands, from his chief sponsors, the U.S. and Europe (as represented by Britain and Germany) to lift the state of emergency, restore constitutional order and civilian rule in the country.


Pakistan opposition blast election plans (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:32:15 GMT

Pakistan's opposition called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency, saying Monday that upcoming parliamentary elections would be a sham unless citizens' rights were fully restored. Several parties were mulling a boycott.