Archive for the ‘pakistan’ Category
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday to avoid impeachment charges, nearly nine years after the key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism took power in a coup.Read the full story
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally.Read the full story
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
The nuclear state, which is battling encroaching al Qaeda fighters at its borders, has descended into chaos after President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and suspended Pakistan's constitution. Taliban fighters and al Qaeda terrorists who had sought refuge in the mountainous border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan are ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Two explosions went off Thursday night near a truck carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her celebratory return to Pakistan after eight years in exile. Police said she was unhurt, but hospital officials and witnesses said dozens of people were killed and more than 150 wounded.Read the full story
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
The first explosion devastated the bus early Tuesday morning as it traveled through a high-security area of Rawalpindi, a garrison city just south of Islamabad and the headquarters of the army.Read the full story
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
A burst of gunfire went off as President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s plane left a military base on Friday, in what one official described as a failed assassination attempt.Read the full story
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