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• Musharraf Rejects U.S. Pressure to Lift Emergency Rule

  Published: November 18, 2007, 12:00 am

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  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 18 -- President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday rebuffed pressure from a senior U.S. envoy to revoke emergency rule under the country's current security situation, envoys said.

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• In Pakistan, U.S. Envoy Courts No. 2 General

  Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Pakistan, U S, Envoy, Courts, General, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, Islamabad, John Negroponte, Talat Masood, Jammu And Kashmir, Kansas, Punjab, Ashfaq Kiyani, Benazir Bhutto, Fort Leavenworth, Karachi, Lahore, Nasim Zehra, Nawaz Sharif, Shireen M Mazari, Swat Valley

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 20 -- When Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte visited Pakistan last weekend, he met once with President Pervez Musharraf, for two hours. But before he left town, he held three meetings with a lesser-known figure: Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani, the deputy army chief.

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• Musharraf to Take Oath as Civilian Leader

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

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  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 28 -- President Pervez Musharraf, after formally stepping down as the chief of Pakistan's powerful army, prepared to announce on Thursday a timetable for lifting emergency rule and to take the oath as a civilian president, officials here said.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, China, Somalia, Darfur, Benazir Bhutto, Husnain Gul, Robert Mugabe, Thabo Mbeki, Zimbabwe, Beijing, Islamabad, Kurt Westergaard, Lal Masjid, Swat Valley, Chinese Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent

  Forces in northern Somalia freed a German aid worker from gunmen who had abducted him hours before, officials said Wednesday.

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• Suicide Bombings in Volatile Region Kill at Least 50

  Published: February 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Suicide, Bombings, Volatile, Region, Kill, Least, Parachinar, Pakistan Peoples Party, Islamabad, Pervez Musharraf, Riaz Hussain, Sherry Rehman, Pakistan, The Associated Press, Benazir Bhutto, Iqbal Ahmad, Mingaora, Swat Valley, Pakistan Muslim League Quaid, The Tal

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb. 16 -- At least 50 people were killed and 100 injured in two suicide car bombings Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, according to witnesses and government officials.

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