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Pakistan enters peace talks with Taliban - BBC News Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:25:32 GMT

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Pakistan enters peace talks with Taliban
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The first formal meeting between Pakistan's government and a Taliban-nominated team has been held in Islamabad, officials say. The talks are aimed at charting a "roadmap" for negotiations that will try to end a decade-long insurgency. The government ...
'Cordial and Friendly' Session as Pakistan and Taliban Open TalksNew York Times
Efforts to get the Taliban to talk are unlikely to amount to muchThe Economist
US said to curtail drone strikes in Pakistan as officials there seek peace ...Washington Post
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In Pakistan, Another Bhutto Joins The Risky Family Business - NPR (blog) Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:34:45 GMT

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In Pakistan, Another Bhutto Joins The Risky Family Business
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So it's reasonable to wonder why the 25-year-old son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto wants to step aboard that roller coaster, by venturing into the perilous, hair-raising world of politics in Pakistan. Yet that is what Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ...

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Tainted Pakistan cricketers vow to return to international cricket - Daily News & Analysis Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:55:45 GMT

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Tainted Pakistan cricketers vow to return to international cricket
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Talented but tainted former Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer have vowed to make a return to international cricket, three years to the day of them being banned for spot-fixing. It maybe recalled that on February 5, 2011 ...
Pakistan spot-fixing trio dream of returnThe Age

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US to Curb Pakistan Drone Program - Wall Street Journal Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:51:29 GMT

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US to Curb Pakistan Drone Program
Wall Street Journal
The Obama administration will narrow its controversial drone program in Pakistan to target a short list of high-level terrorists, and aim to end it during the prime minister's current term, senior U.S. officials have told their Pakistani counterparts ...
Report: US Curtails Drone Strikes After Pakistan RequestVoice of America
Pakistan wants end to US drone attacks: FOThe Nation
US Sharply Curtails Drone Strikes in Pakistan: ReportNewsweek
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Pakistan, Taliban start peace talks in Islamabad - Reuters Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:51:47 GMT

Pakistan, Taliban start peace talks in Islamabad
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The insurgents have been battling to topple Pakistan's government and establish strict Islamic rule since 2007, but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif believes both sides are now ready to find a negotiated settlement and stop fighting. In a statement after ...

Pakistan: Combating the Terror - the Diplomat Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:18:41 GMT

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Pakistan: Combating the Terror
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From the tentative hopefulness of the election year and all the promises made by elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in 2013, it appears that 2014 is to be a year of uncertainty for Pakistan. Still in his first ...

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Viewpoint: Taliban gaining upper hand in Afghanistan and Pakistan? - BBC News Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:22:01 GMT

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Viewpoint: Taliban gaining upper hand in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
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The Taliban are running rings around the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, argues guest columnist Ahmed Rashid. The leaders of both Afghanistan and Pakistan have embarked on the perilous path of trying to talk with the Taliban, but they have ...

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Peace Talks Start Between Pakistan, Taliban Team - ABC News Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:54:45 GMT

Peace Talks Start Between Pakistan, Taliban Team
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Peace talks between the Pakistani government and representatives of the Taliban began on Thursday after a short delay, the first test for the government's controversial initiative of seeking a peaceful resolution to the country's bloody insurgency ...

Pakistan, SA, SL may put up joint stand at ICC moot: Zaka - DAWN.com Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:36:53 GMT

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Pakistan, SA, SL may put up joint stand at ICC moot: Zaka
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LAHORE: At the time when Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already shown its fierce opposition to a recent proposal put forward by three big cricketing countries — India, Australia and England — to effectively dominate the game as well as the ICC, it ...
Pakistan, Sri Lanka still oppose ICC reformsThe News International

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US limits Pakistan drone strikes amid political battle over military moves - The Guardian Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:11:01 GMT

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US limits Pakistan drone strikes amid political battle over military moves
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The US government has agreed to greatly limit attacks by unmanned drones in Pakistan's restless North Waziristan while the country's politicians struggle to reach agreement on whether to send the army to clear out a region almost entirely controlled by ...