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Several Blasts in Pakistan After Taliban Warning - New York Times Thu, 28 May 2009 18:21:42 GMT

Chicago Tribune

Several Blasts in Pakistan After Taliban Warning
New York Times, United States
By ISMAIL KHAN and SALMAN MASOOD PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Multiple bombs exploded in two Pakistani cities on Thursday, just hours after Taliban groups warned people to evacuate several large cities, saying they were preparing “major attacks. ...
Video: Pakistan: deadly blast rocks Lahore France 24
China condemns terrorist explosions in Pakistan: FM spokesman Xinhua
Suicide Bomber Kills 8 At Checkpoint In Pakistan's Peshawar Wall Street Journal
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Pakistan ups Taliban chief reward - BBC News Fri, 29 May 2009 15:35:34 GMT

Washington Post

Pakistan ups Taliban chief reward
BBC News, UK
Pakistan has increased its reward for a Taliban chief in the Swat valley to 50m rupees ($600000, £372000). The figure is more than 10 times the original bounty for radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah. Officials acted after Pakistani Taliban leaders warned ...
Video: Listening Post - Pakistan's information war - 29 May 09 Al Jazeera
Russia promises $1M for Pakistan refugees United Press International
Pakistan Police Say Taliban Fighters Hiding Among Refugees Voice of America
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Pakistan and the Bomb - Wall Street Journal Fri, 29 May 2009 23:33:07 GMT

Malaysia Star

Pakistan and the Bomb
Wall Street Journal
Al Qaeda and the Taliban have struck back with suicide bombs in Pakistan's major cities, including Lahore. A plot in Karachi was foiled but the extremists vow more carnage is imminent. The battles are the latest in a deadly struggle for the control of ...
Take our hand of friendship, India tells Pakistan Daily Times
India army chief calls for Pakistan nuclear cap Reuters India
Nuclear Aims By Pakistan, India Prompt US Concern Washington Post
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Petraeus Warns of Declining Public Support in Pakistan for US - Bloomberg Fri, 29 May 2009 17:21:22 GMT

Citizen

Petraeus Warns of Declining Public Support in Pakistan for US
Bloomberg
By Tony Capaccio May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Public support for the US is declining in Pakistan because of military strikes there that the US conducts from Afghanistan, according to the top American commander in the Middle East. “Most polling data reflects” ...
US asks court to block release of detainee photos AFP
On healthcare, Obama pushes for fast action Boston Globe
Petraeus says releasing detainee photos would be risky CNN
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Iran blames Sunni extremists, U.S. for deadly mosque bombing - Los Angeles Times Fri, 29 May 2009 15:34:14 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Iran blames Sunni extremists, U.S. for deadly mosque bombing
Los Angeles Times, CA
Iranian authorities blamed the United States for the violence in Zahedan, on the border with Pakistan. "The hands of America and Israel were undoubtedly involved in this incident," prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami told supporters in Tehran, ...
Mosque Blast Kills 15 Washington Post
US denies any role in mosque bombing United Press International
Gunmen attack Ahmadinejad election office AFP
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Pakistan president visits conflict refugees - AFP Fri, 29 May 2009 13:31:12 GMT

The Nation, Pakistan

Pakistan president visits conflict refugees
AFP
He denied involvement but has threatened to carry out attacks in Pakistan and the United States to avenge US air strikes. "You are not alone at this hour of tribulation. The entire Pakistani nation is with you. The government is with you and the ...
IDPs top priority, says Zardari Daily Times
Entire nation backs IDPs, says Zardari DAWN.com
Dem senators visit Pakistan as Iran ties strengthened The Hill
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Pakistan 'fears destabilizing' US policies - PRESS TV Fri, 29 May 2009 07:27:40 GMT

China Daily

Pakistan 'fears destabilizing' US policies
PRESS TV, Iran
The Islamabad government is worried that the US President Barack Obama's move to boost its military presence in Afghanistan could further destabilize Pakistan. Pakistan's Dawn News revealed on Friday that Civilians and military officials in Islamabad ...
Op-Ed Contributor Help Us or We Leave New York Times
Understanding Pakistan Public Radio International PRI
Pakistan's efforts against Taliban 'successful': US Daily Times
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Author Claims Taliban Funds South Asia Fighting with Poppy Cultivation - Voice of America Fri, 29 May 2009 14:54:39 GMT

AFP

Author Claims Taliban Funds South Asia Fighting with Poppy Cultivation
Voice of America
By Ravi Khanna Taliban insurgents have carried out nearly daily bombing attacks in Pakistan this week. They claim more territory in Afghanistan. Now a journalist and author who spent five years on the border between the two countries says the Taliban ...
'Taliban killed' in Afghan province Aljazeera.net
'Fierce firefight' with Taliban kills 29 militants San Francisco Chronicle
35 militants killed in Afghanistan-US forces Reuters
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Bounty on top Taliban commander in Pakistan sharply increased - Xinhua Fri, 29 May 2009 09:17:58 GMT

The Nation, Pakistan

Bounty on top Taliban commander in Pakistan sharply increased
Xinhua, China
ISLAMABAD, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has sharply increased the bounty for a top Taliban commander, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday. The private Ary One World TV channel quoted Interior Minister Rehman Malik as saying that the bounty on ...
'Who knows where Pakistan will be?' The National
Lahore again: 3 times in 3 months Indian Express
Militants want to destabilise Pakistan: Rehman Malik Thaindian.com
Press Trust of India - Daily Times
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Obama asks for sanctions against alleged smugglers - The Associated Press Sat, 30 May 2009 01:41:10 GMT

Obama asks for sanctions against alleged smugglers
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has requested sanctions against alleged drug smugglers from Colombia, Venezuela, Afghanistan and Pakistan under a federal law known as the Kingpin Act, the White House said Friday. Daniel Rendon Herrera of ...
Obama asks sanctions against alleged drug smugglers WLOS
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