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Pakistan's Struggle for Modernity - Wall Street Journal Mon, 25 May 2009 23:35:15 GMT

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Pakistan's Struggle for Modernity
Wall Street Journal
The decision by Pakistan to retrieve the ground it had ceded to the Taliban was long overdue. We should not underestimate the strength of the Pakistani state, and of the consensus that underpins it. The army is a huge institution, and its mandate is ...
Video: Pakistani Troops Fight Taliban in Main Swat Town The Associated Press
Pakistan battles for Swat capital, 2.38m uprooted AFP
Pakistan Says It Makes More Gains on Taliban New York Times
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Iran says close to gas deal with Pakistan - AFP Mon, 25 May 2009 14:16:07 GMT

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Iran says close to gas deal with Pakistan
AFP
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran and Pakistan are close to signing a deal to export gas from the Islamic republic to its eastern neighbour through a multi-billion dollar pipeline, top Iranian officials said on Monday. The date for completion of the much-delayed ...
Video: Iran-US role in Afghanistan - 24 May 09 Al Jazeera
Iran completes gas pipeline deal with Pakistan; line could be ... Los Angeles Times
Prospects For Iran-Pakistan 'Pipeline Of Peace' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Obama appeals to China to help Pakistan - Dallas Morning News Mon, 25 May 2009 07:42:27 GMT

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Obama appeals to China to help Pakistan
Dallas Morning News, TX
The Obama administration has appealed to China to provide training and military equipment to help Pakistan counter a growing militant threat, US officials said. The proposal is part of a broad US push to enlist allies of Pakistan in an effort to ...
Beijing urged to support Pakistan military The Age
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Swat unrest prompts strike in Pakistan finance hub - AFP Mon, 25 May 2009 08:02:12 GMT

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Swat unrest prompts strike in Pakistan finance hub
AFP
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — Shops in Pakistan's volatile financial hub Karachi closed, witnesses said, after nationalists called a strike to protest the arrival of refugees from the conflict-hit northwest. The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) movement, ...
JI, PML-N, JUI back IDPs' entry into Sindh Daily Times
Shoot-at-sight in Sindh; Taliban tells people to return to Swat Indian Express
Karachi crime gangs protected by politicians The National
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Pakistan preparing well for Twenty20 World Cup - Daily Times Mon, 25 May 2009 21:59:42 GMT

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Pakistan preparing well for Twenty20 World Cup
Daily Times, Pakistan
By Col (r) Rafi Nasim It was after a long break that the Pakistan cricket team came face to face with strong opponents like Australia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and emerged victorious in the only Twenty20 match of the series. ...
Pakistan get raw deal again The News International
Rao Iftikhar confirmed as Shoaib Akhtar's replacement DAWN.com
Anjum gets ICC clearance to replace Shoaib Press Trust of India
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OPINION: Pakistan's nukes - Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 25 May 2009 23:54:46 GMT

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OPINION: Pakistan's nukes
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO
With a terse one-word answer Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen confirmed in a Senate hearing last week that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal. This has raised questions on Capitol Hill as to whether US military aid to ...
A nuclear deal that isn't The News International
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Pakistan hunts French tourist's kidnappers - AFP Sun, 24 May 2009 11:46:18 GMT

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Pakistan hunts French tourist's kidnappers
AFP
The February 2 kidnapping of John Solecki, who headed the UN refugee agency in Quetta, was the most high-profile Western kidnapping in Pakistan since US journalist Daniel Pearl was beheaded by Al-Qaeda militants in 2002. A shadowy organisation claiming ...
French national kidnapped in Pakistan CNN
French tourist kidnapped in Pakistan The Associated Press
French Tourist Abducted In Southwestern Pakistan RTT News
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Ajmal eyes Pakistan victory in World Twenty20 - AFP Mon, 25 May 2009 14:31:00 GMT

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Ajmal eyes Pakistan victory in World Twenty20
AFP
The wily bowler had been named in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the World Twenty20, taking place in England next month. Ajmal, who made his debut last year, has already taken 10 wickets in eight one-day internationals, while he managed one wicket in the ...
Abu Dhabi Offers to Play Host for Pakistan Cricket360
:. The ICC-PCB Reality Check Kashmir Watch
ICC clears Ajmal's bowling action Hindu
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India, Pakistan and the rise of China - Reuters Blogs Mon, 25 May 2009 04:28:24 GMT

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India, Pakistan and the rise of China
Reuters Blogs
India has been fretting for months that it could be pushed into the background by the United States' economic dependence on China and by the renewed focus on Pakistan by President Barack Obama's administration. That anxiety appears to have increased ...
India asks Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure Khabrein.info
India Presses Pakistan for 'Credible Action' Against Terrorism Voice of America
India's new govt urges Pakistan to target militants Reuters India
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Pakistan's mystics in sights of Taliban - The Associated Press Sat, 23 May 2009 14:50:56 GMT

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Pakistan's mystics in sights of Taliban
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Worshippers still flock to the grave of Rahman Baba, a Muslim mystic revered by millions in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But they now pray at a mound of rubble and twisted steel — all that remains of his tomb since militants ...
US Relies on Allies to Detain Terror Suspects FOXNews
Taliban advance stalled The News International
US probes divisions within Taliban Boston Globe
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