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Benazir Bhutto met with the US Consul General in Pakistan, and then made a call for a national unity party to replace President Pervez Musharraf. She has begun reaching out to the leaders of the country's other opposition parties ahead of parliamentary elections in January.
John Negroponte will be in Pakistan Friday to meet with Musharraf. Bhutto has said it would be very difficult to work with Musharraf going forward.Benazir Bhutto met with the US Consul General in Pakistan, and then made a call for a... more
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The 7.7 magnitude quake was centered 780 miles north of Santiago, Chile. No reports yet on the extent of the damage or of casualties.The 7.7 magnitude quake was centered 780 miles north of Santiago, Chile. No reports... more
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According to this story, most, if not all, military contractors will leave Iraq if this new law is passed. Contractors do not want their men subject to arrest by the Iraqi police or military which they feel is corrupted by the "enemy". US personnel believe this will be a huge blow to our efforts, but it is pointed out that this may be the first time the Iraqi Parliament will pass something they can all agree on. Sounds like progress to me. What do you think?According to this story, most, if not all, military contractors will leave Iraq if... more
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According to the AP, Turkish helicopters bombed abandoned villages inside Iraq (though why destroying abandoned villages helps against the PKK rebels is unclear to me). 4 Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash today, taking the toll of Turkish troops killed since September about 50.
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The 53 nation Commonwealth has given Musharraf 10 days to end the state of emergency or it will be suspended from the councils. It was also demanded that the media be given the full right to press immediately. The 53 nation Commonwealth has given Musharraf 10 days to end the state of emergency... more
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Rocket and mortar fire are at their lowest levels in Iraq in almost 2 years. And the troop surge is expected to be slowly rolled back, from 20 brigades in country now to 15 by July.
Have we finally reached some sort of turning point?Rocket and mortar fire are at their lowest levels in Iraq in almost 2 years. And the... more
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Hamas opened fire on a march by Fatah in Gaza marking the 3rd anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death. At least 6 people were killed and about a hundred more were injured in the worst fighting between the two Palestinian factions since Hamas took control of Gaza in June.Hamas opened fire on a march by Fatah in Gaza marking the 3rd anniversary of Yasser... more
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US forces engaged in a firefight with rebels who had barricaded themselves in a building. All 15 fighters were killed when US troops used a grenade to level the building, but in the collapse, a woman and two children were also killed.
In a separate attack, Taliban soldiers killed 4 Afghani policemen.US forces engaged in a firefight with rebels who had barricaded themselves in a... more
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That was quick!
She had been put under an informal house arrest earlier in the day. When she tried to sneak out the back...it became a formal arrest and she was ordered to serve a 3 day detention (detentions: they're not just for high schools anymore!). But now she's free again.
Someone in the Pakistani leadership must have wised up and convinced his pals that holdinig her did not bode well for them...That was quick!
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Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was formally arrested Friday and served with a three-day detention order after she attempted to slip past a security cordon around her residence to attend a protest rally in adjacent Rawalpindi.
'She had attempted to escape with her secretary Naheed Khan but was spotted by some policemen and was again sent back to her residence,' a police official told reporters, adding that now she had been 'formally arrested'.
Earlier Friday, Bhutto was confined to her residence but was not served a detention order. After this was done, police blocked off Bhutto's Zardari House and declared it a sub-jail.
....Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was formally arrested Friday and served... more
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Georgia's main opposition TV station is taken over by government troops after the president declared a state of emergency. Restrictions have been made on all broadcast mass media. It's a scary trendGeorgia's main opposition TV station is taken over by government troops after the... more
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Students at a school in Finland have been describing the horrific scenes as a teenager went on a shooting rampage that left nine people dead.
Also, Finland is a country with strong gun control laws. What does something like this say to you about gun control? Students at a school in Finland have been describing the horrific scenes as a teenager... more
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Saakashvili's announcement seems to defuse crisis that has gripped the capital, Tbilisi, for almost a week. Opposition leaders called off further protests.Saakashvili's announcement seems to defuse crisis that has gripped the capital,... more
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This BBC article gives the background and current state of affairs in Georgia.
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8 dead and 10 more wounded after an 18 year old student went on a rampage at Jokela High School. This was the country's second ever school shooting, and the gunman apparently posted a video on you tube hours before opening fire. The video showed a picture of the school which fragments to reveal a red-tinted picture of himself pointing a gun at the camera. The shooting happened around noon Finnish time. The principal of the school was shot and killed. The shooter shot himself and was found on the floor in a hall. He later died of his injuries in the hospital.8 dead and 10 more wounded after an 18 year old student went on a rampage at Jokela... more
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The Emergency government is still in control, the media is still shutdown. The protesters are still fighting the moves by Pervez Musharraf, and the police are still using batons and mass arrests to stop the opposition. And, no new date yet for elections, though Benazir Bhutto says she understands from inside sources (that she doesn't not provide or name) that elections won't happen for at least a year, while officials still say they will be delayed by 3 months max if at all.The Emergency government is still in control, the media is still shutdown. The... more
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The military announced the deaths of 5 more soldiers today, killed by IEDs in 2 separate incidents.
So, with almost 2 full months left in this year, 2007 has already become the deadliest year in Iraq for U.S. soldiers, even with the sharp drop in deaths in October (39 soldiers died, as compared with 65 in September and 84 in August).
The total killed so far in 2007: at least 852. That's just this year.
And that's just Americans. There've been about 19 Iraqis killed for every American that has lost their life.
It breaks my heart.The military announced the deaths of 5 more soldiers today, killed by IEDs in 2... more
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Rice, speaking to reporters on a Mideast trip, said the U.S. will review aid to Pakistan, but indicated it would not suspend aid wholesale.
The U.S. has provided about $11 billion to Pakistan since 2001, when Musharraf allied his presidency with Washington after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
"Some of the aid that goes to Pakistan is directly related to the counterterrorism mission," Rice said. "We just have to review the situation. But I would be very surprised if anyone wants the president to ignore or set aside our concerns about terrorism."
The secretary, who said she had not spoken directly with Musharraf since the crackdown, denied charges that the Bush administration has "put all its chips" on Musharraf.
She also decried Musharraf's "extraconstitutional moves," including suspending the constitution, ousting the country's top judge and deploying troops to fight what he called rising Islamic extremists.
"I'm disappointed in his decision, sure," Rice said. "I think his decision sets Pakistan back in the considerable progress it made toward democratic change."
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The former cricketer and leader of the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf Ihas reportedly managed to escape from his house in Lahore on Sunday after he was put under house arrest in the wake of the imposition of a state of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf.The former cricketer and leader of the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf Ihas reportedly managed... more
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Pakistani police launched a harsh crackdown today on the first street protests since General Pervez Musharraf assumed sweeping emergency powers last Saturday.
Police fired teargas and baton-charged a crowd of 2,000 lawyers at the largest protest in the southern city of Lahore.
Up to 1,800 people have been detained nationwide since the weekend, an interior ministry official said.
The prime minister Shaukat Aziz, responded to concern from overseas - including Britain - and insisted that elections scheduled for January would take place as planned.
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