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Pakistani Troops Grab Activists

Media forbidden to express opposition views after Musharraf declares emergency

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2007 7:13 AM CST

(Newser) – Pakistani soldiers today began rounding up activists, lawyers and judges at gunpoint a day after President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency, suspending the constitution and banning free speech. Media and police sources say 1,500 opposition figures have been detained; Prime Minister Shaukat... Read full story »

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