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  • March 2008

    • Pakistani Parties Spurn Musharraf, Forge Coalition

      Reuters  |  Mar 9, 08 5:11 PM CDT

      Pakistani Parties Spurn Musharraf, Forge Coalition

      (Newser) - Pakistani opposition parties formed a coalition today that snubbed President Pervez Musharraf. The alliance of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto's party will also reinstate the judges deposed by Musharraf last year. Having opposed Musharraf's reelection bid, the judges are also likely to challenge his presidency in court, Reuters reports. More »

  • March 2007

    • Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

      BBC  |  Mar 21, 07 10:16 AM CDT

      Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

      (Newser) - Fifty people, including a group of children stranded aboard a school bus, have been killed in fighting between al-Qaeda terrorists and local tribesmen in one of Pakistan’s lawless regions on the border with Afghanistan. Taliban leaders, who have ties to both groups, are trying to broker a truce, according to this report by the BBC. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorist  • Osama bin Laden  • militant  • Waziristan  • Pashtun

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