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Pakistan adrift without leader
Islamic Republic of Pakistan remains in a leaderless drift four calendar month after elections, Western diplomats and armed forces officials have said, and Pakistani politicians and Afghan officials are progressively worried that no one is truly in c Jun 24 2008
Pakistan faces twin threats
A week after the bomb onslaught on the Marriott Hotel here, Islamic Republic of Pakistan is struggling to deal with a financial meltdown and a act of terrorism threat that has moved to the state's heart and badly shaken confidence in the new authorit Sep 28 2008
Pakistan rejects secret request by u.s. to increase cia presence
: The top two U.S. Intelligence officials traveled secretly to Islamic Republic of Pakistan this month to press President Pervez Musharraf to allow the CIA greater latitude to operate in the tribal territories where Al Qaeda, the Taleban and other activis Jan 28 2008
Pakistan says $7.6 billion imf loan agreed
Islamic Republic of Pakistan has agreed to borrow $7.6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to avoid adding an economic crisis to its battle against Islamic militants, functionary said Sabbatum. Pakistan finance chief Shaukat Tareen said the Nov 16 2008
Pakistan struggling to root out a problem it helped create
Hours after a truck bomber killed 53 people on Sept. 20 at the Marriott Hotel in capital of Pakistan, Pakistan's inside minister laid duty for the onslaught on Taleban militants holed up in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, the remote Sep 29 2008
Pakistan's frontier turns into war zone
War has come to Islamic Republic of Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, departure Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, maimed and displaced turn up right on their doorsill. An estimated 250,000 people have now f Oct 4 2008
Pakistan: bhutto party says pm candidate to be named next week
After winning Pakistan's parliamentary elections last month, the party of slain resistance leader Benazir Bhutto will name a new prime curate next week, a spokesman said Sabbatum. Followers of Bhutto, a two-time prime curate who returned to Islamic R Mar 16 2008
Pakistani obliquely threatens u.s.
Islamic Republic of Pakistan's new president told lawmakers the state will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty by "any power" in the name of fight terrorism, a clear signaling to the U.S. To avoid controversial cross-border work stoppage. Sep 21 2008
Pakistanis give u.s. general an earful
In his new place as head of the United States telephone exchange Command, full general David Petraeus met top Pakistani officials for the first time mon and heard one message wherever he turned: American air work stoppage against activist in the tribal ar Nov 4 2008
Palestinians losing faith in 2-state solution
Even among the most centrist Palestinians, the credo of a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is beginning to erode. Hamas, an Islamic group that refuses to recognize Israel, has already taken over Gaza, one of the two d Sep 5 2008
Palin administration is shrouded in loyalty and secrecy
Governor Sarah Palin of Last Frontier lives by the maxim that all political relation is local, not to reference personal. So when there was a vacancy at the top of Last Frontier's Division of agribusiness, Palin appointed a high school classmate Sep 15 2008
Palin carved her own path in alaska
Her male parent shot the grizzly bear bear whose hide is now draped over the sofa in her business office. She, too, hunts and fishes. She runs marathons. She delivered her fifth child during her first term as governor. They call her hubby, the reigning ch Sep 1 2008
Palin disclosures raise questions about vetting process
A series of disclosures about Governor Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain's pick as run mate, calls into inquiry how soundly McCain examined her background before putt her on the Republican presidential ticket. On mon morning, Palin and her hubby, Sep 3 2008
Palin is 'pranked,' but c'est la vie
Sarah Palin has been punk'd. On Sabbatum, a pair of Canadian comedians, notorious for playing pranks on politicians and heads of state, reached Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, and pretended to be President Nicolas Sarkozy of&n Nov 3 2008
Palin says her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant
The 17-year-old daughter of Governor Sarah Palin, John McCain's run mate, is five calendar month pregnant, Senator McCain's political campaign advisers announced mon. The girl, Bristol, plans to marry the male parent, the political campaign Sep 2 2008
Palin takes prank call from fake french president
Sarah Palin told a Canadian comedian sitting as French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a prank call that "maybe in 8 years" she will be president. The U.S. Vice presidential nominee inadvertently discusses political relation, the hazard of hunt with Nov 2 2008
Palin violated ethics law, inquiry concludes
Sarah Palin, the Republican U.S. Vice-presidential candidate, abused her powerfulness as governor of Last Frontier by pressuring subordinates to try to get her former brother-in-law, a state cavalryman, fired, according to an probe by the Last Frontier Le Oct 12 2008
Palin won't concede the spotlight
At least one of the more disconcerting leaks about Governor Sarah Palin turned out to be true. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential campaigner, arrived in capital of Arizona, Arizona, on election night hoping to deliver her own grant speech. "It w Nov 13 2008
Palin's advocacy of special-needs children fires up the crowds
Governor Sarah Palin of Last Frontier was fleetly working the rope line at an apple grove in West Saxon Pennsylvania when she met a protagonist who brought her to an abrupt stop. Amber Brown, 23, held a posting that read, "I have Down syndrome and I& Nov 4 2008
Palin's makeup stylist is campaign's highest-paid help
Who was the highest paid person in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of Oct as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, McCain's chief foreign policy advisor; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior com Oct 25 2008 |