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Judge's Restoration Is Cause for Joy, Hope in Pakistan

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 16, 2009 2:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – Pakistan’s chief justice has been reinstated, inspiring not only celebration but renewed hope among that country’s citizens, the New York Times reports. Happy lawyers—central to the popular effort—and others camped out on the lawn of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s home today,... Read full story »

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