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NEWS ABOUT: Yousaf Raza Gilani

Yousaf Raza Gilani stories: 5 news summaries

 Pakistan PM Claims 
 700 Taliban Killed 

Army has already killed 700 militants: minister

May 11, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - With more than a million of its citizens fleeing violence within its borders, Pakistan's prime minister said today the army has killed more than 700 militants in the last two weeks, in an operation in which "the very existence of the country was at stake.” Syed Yousaf Raza... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • foreign aid • Pakistan militants • Pakistan army • Yousaf Raza Gilani • President Obama

 Rice: Pakistan's Ready
  to Crack Down on Terror 

India issues airport terror alert after new threats

Dec 4, 08 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan is prepared to take urgent action against terrorists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after talks with leaders today. The meeting stressed Pakistan's duty to combat "those who may use Pakistani territory, even if they are non-state actors," in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, she said.... More »

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Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • Yousaf Raza Gilani • Lashkar-e-Taiba

ANALYSIS

Once-Nurtured Militants Have Pakistan Teetering on Brink

Paradoxically, insurgents strengthen after US-inspired strikes

Sep 28, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan’s government is caught between two overbearing powers: the Taliban fighters who want to destroy it, and the American officials who inflame tensions between the government and its people. “The Pakistanis are truly concerned about their whole country unraveling,” a Western military official tells Dexter Filkins, who... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • India • United States • George W. Bush • Yousaf Raza Gilani

Pakistan Bomb Near Miss for President, PM

Zardari was scheduled to be at reception when Marriott exploded

Sep 22, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's president and prime minister were supposed to be at a reception at the Islamabad hotel where a huge bomb killed at least 60 people and injured 270, reports the Times of London. Asif Ali Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani were expected to attend a large dinner at the Marriott,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamabad • Marriott • truck bomb • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda • Yousaf Raza Gilani

 Pakistan 
 PM Escapes 
 Convoy Attack 

Gilani and others unharmed as leader continues campaigning for Zardari

Sep 3, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three days before Pakistan is to elect a new president, PM Yousuf Gilani escaped an assassination attempt on his caravan outside Islamabad, the BBC reports. No injuries were reported, officials said, citing “robust and comprehensive security measures,” but CNN reports it's unclear whether Gilani was present in the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Islamabad • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Rawalpindi • assassination attempt • convoy • Yousaf Raza Gilani

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