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Musharraf Courts Wary Europeans

Pledges free elections, nuclear security, no coddling Al-Qaeda

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2008 12:32 PM CST

(Newser) – Pervez Musharraf visited Brussels yesterday and Paris today, reassuring leaders that Pakistan will hold fair elections and promising complete security for the nation's nuclear arsenal. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned the Pakistani president that future cooperation between the EU and his government is... Read full story »

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