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Activist girl's dad vows she'll return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The father of a 15-year-old Pakistani activist girl who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman vowed Thursday that she would return home after finishing medical treatment abroad despite new insurgent threats against her. Since...
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Pakistan police investigating girl for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said...Tags: Salman Taseer, Asif Ali Zardari, Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan
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Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his...Tags: Prisons, Abbottabad (Pakistan), Punishment, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan
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China's Li effusive in praise of Pakistan, but not everyone buys it
ReutersBy Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD, May 23 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the "all-weather friends" to boost cooperation in business, trade, energy and infrastructure and build a long-...Tags: Travel, Conservation, Trips and Vacations, India, Pakistan
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China's Li offers to help end Pakistan's energy crisis
ReutersBy Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD, May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing...Tags: Energy, India, Pakistan, China
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Chinese escape Karachi bomb ahead of Premier Li's arrival in Pakistan
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near the seafront in Karachi on Tuesday likely targeting a van full of Chinese port workers, police said, a day before Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the capital, Islamabad. No one was hurt. Karachi,...Tags: Pakistan, Bombings, Karachi (Pakistan), Taliban, Explosions
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Pakistan's MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a...Tags: Pakistan, Murder, Elections, Nawaz Sharif, Karachi (Pakistan)
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US military praises Pakistan's steps to curb fertilizers used in Afghanistan bombs
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday....Tags: Chemical Industry, Military Equipment, Pakistan, Plant Openings, Bombings
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Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan....Tags: New Delhi (India), Hamid Karzai, India, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions
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UPDATE 1-Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
Reuters(Adds Pakistan ex-brigadier comment) By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, May 19 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are...Tags: New Delhi (India), Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
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RPT-Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) * Ambassador to Yemen faces death threats * More than 1,000 U.S. diplomats at "unaccompanied" posts * Like troops, diplomats can face post-traumatic stress By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - When...Tags: Barack Obama, Benghazi, Personal Weapon Control, Yemen, Iraq
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Pakistan approves 100,000 tonnes of wheat for Iran to pay for power
ReutersBy Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, May 17 (Reuters) - Islamabad has authorised the export of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised by Western sanctions, to settle dues for electricity supplied to Pakistan's energy-starved border areas, the...Tags: European Union, Iran, Pakistan, Tehran (Iran)
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