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Pakistan coalition fails to break judges deadlock

Reuters - Saturday, May 10 12:22 am

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling alliance failed to break the deadlock on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during talks in London on Friday, rekindling speculation the month-old coalition might collapse. More »

  • A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter takes off from a U.S. base in the Jaji district of the southeastern Paktia province, near the Afghan-Pakistan border in this file picture.

    NATO-led force soldier killed in Afghan operation

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 04:06 pm

    KABUL (Reuters) - A soldier from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan was killed during an operation in a province near the Pakistan border on Friday, the force said. More »

  • U.S. general's posting to Pakistan reported cancelled

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:49 am

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has dropped plans to assign the former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Pakistan, after sharp criticism of his Guantanamo command in Pakistani media, the New York Times reported on Friday. More »

  • India will protest to Pakistan over border fire

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 09:08 am

    SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India will lodge a protest with Pakistan after soldiers came under heavy cross-border fire while trying to stop a group of armed men from sneaking into its part of Kashmir, a security official said on Friday. More »

  • Policeman killed as violence resurges in Pakistan

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 06:45 am

    MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Islamist fighters killed a policeman and wounded three on Friday in a gunbattle in northwest Pakistan, where violence has resurged after a Taliban leader withdrew from peace talks brokered by tribal elders. More »

  • Pakistan's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry (C) greets lawyers outside his residence in Islamabad March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

    Pakistani leaders to meet in London over judges

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 06:57 am

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition are due to meet in London this week to resolve differences over how to reinstate judges dismissed in November by President Pervez Musharraf, officials said on Thursday. More »

  • Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 05:47 am

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable, air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km (220 miles) on Thursday, the military said, a day after India tested a long-range missile. More »

  • A view of the United Nations headquarters. Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia do not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top rights body, two non-governmental organizations said Tuesday.

    NGOs say five nations unfit to serve on UN rights body

    AFP - Tuesday, May 6 11:53 pm

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia do not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top rights body, two non-governmental organizations said Tuesday. More »

  • Suicide bomber kills three in northwest Pakistan

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 6 10:47 am

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself near a police checkpost in the north-western Pakistani town of Bannu on Tuesday killing three people, including a policeman, the military said. More »

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