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Mandela, Carter want
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JOHANNESBURG—A group of former world leaders including Nelson Mandela
and Jimmy Carter has denounced Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf for
imposing emergency rule and suspending the constitution. Army .... |
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Justice Iftikhar
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ATTOCK KHURD-Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry on Friday declaring that he is still the Chief Justice said
that he salutes all those.... |
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BB released after brief house arrest
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani opposition
leader Benazir Bhutto was freed from house
arrest late on Friday, after being stopped
from leaving her home in Islamabad to lead a
rally against President Pervez Musharraf’s
imposition of emergency rule earlier in the
day. “The detention order has been
withdrawn,” Aamir Ali Ahmed, Acting Deputy
Commissioner of Islamabad, said. Former
prime minister and Chairperson Pakistan
People Party Benazir Bhutto has been placed
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4 killed in suicide blast at Muqam’s home
Bureau Report
PESHAWAR—At least four persons were killed
and five other injured including the brother
of Federal Minister for Political Affairs,
Engineer Amir Muqam as a result of suicide
bomb explosion here at his residence in
Hayatabad on Friday evening. Private
media reports said that a suicide bomber
entered to the Federal Minister’s house.
When the security personnel approached
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Threat of US aid cut averted
Foreign Desk Report
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration has
concluded it is not legally required to cut
or suspend hundreds of millions of dollars
in aid to Pakistan despite President Pervez
Musharraf’s imposition of a state of
emergency and crackdown on the opposition
and independent media. U.S. assistance
to the key anti-terrorism and nuclear armed
ally — which has totaled nearly $10 billion
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
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WORLD
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 US
socialite Paris Hilton poses for photo-
graphers during a news conference promoting FILA
clothing at the Hyatt Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. |
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A.J. Cook poses at the People’s Choice Awards
Nominations Party in West Hollywood, Calif. |
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 Actress
Hilary Swank poses after receiving the Time for
Peace award for her performance in ‘Freedom Writers’
Los Angeles, Calif.
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