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World Digest: May 20, 2013
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21.5.2013 |
Washington Post: World |
| Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called Monday for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army. ... |
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[gopi1969 :: Youth]
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Taliban talks offer to be accepted: Nawaz
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21.5.2013 |
Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News |
| Taliban talks offer to be accepted: Nawaz |
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Pakistan's presumptive prime minister calls for peace talks with Taliban
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21.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Musharraf given bail in Bhutto case
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20.5.2013 |
BBC South Asia |
| Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, is granted bail in the case of the assassination of the former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. |
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[newstrust :: Supreme Court]
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blogs.tribune.com.pk
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20.5.2013 |
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[newstrust :: Poverty]
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Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks
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20.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- Front Page |
| New dress code issued to government employees as country endures blackouts of up 20 hours a day amid 40C temperatures
Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts.
The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places.
"There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that substantial improvement in the energy situation takes place," a cabinet directive said. As part of a new dress code, moccasins or sandals must be worn without socks.
The power shortages have sparked violent protests and crippled key industries, costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in a country already beset by high unemployment, a failing economy, widespread poverty and a Taliban insurgency.
The "load-shedding" means many families cannot pump water, let alone run air-conditioners, with ... |
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Anti-Taliban official killed in Afghan bombing
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20.5.2013 |
Washington Post: World |
| KABUL — A local Afghan leader who had been involved in efforts to defeat the Taliban was killed Monday in a suicide bombing that left 13 others dead as well, and nine injured, officials said.
Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni was the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province in northeastern Afghanistan, a picturesque farming area that has been relatively peaceful and secure in the past. Police said the suicide bomber detonated his explosives after walking up to Mohseni and a group of people standing with him outside his office in a government compound. ... |
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Gunmen Attack Polio Workers in Pakistani Tribal Belt
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20.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific |
| Gunmen Attack Polio Workers in Pakistani Tribal Belt |
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Will Pak army let Nawaz Sharif cosy up to India
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20.5.2013 |
Hindustan Times: World |
| Will Pak army let Nawaz Sharif cosy up to India |
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1 killed in attack on team of polio vaccinators in Pak
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20.5.2013 |
Hindu: News |
| Militants on Monday attacked a team of polio vaccinators in the restive Bajaur tribal region of north-west Pakistan, killing security personnel. The members of the polio vaccination team we... |
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4 TTP members arrested in Karachi
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20.5.2013 |
Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News |
| 4 TTP members arrested in Karachi |
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Pakistan, rusting in its tracks
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20.5.2013 |
Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News |
| Pakistan, rusting in its tracks |
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Attacks kill 10 police in Afghanistan
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20.5.2013 |
Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News |
| Attacks kill 10 police in Afghanistan |
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[newstrust :: war]
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Hamid Karzai to arrive in India today
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20.5.2013 |
CNN-IBN: India |
 Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is expected to arrive in India on Monday. Karzai is set to receive an honorary doctorate from a Chandigarh university, after which he will visit the national capital. |
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Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
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19.5.2013 |
CNN-IBN: World |
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." |
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Upmarket Pakistan District Votes Again as Imran Khan Decries Killing
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19.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| Upmarket Pakistan District Votes Again as Imran Khan Decries Killing |
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Nawaz, Kayani mark new beginning
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19.5.2013 |
Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News |
| Nawaz, Kayani mark new beginning |
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Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes
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19.5.2013 |
NYT > World |
| Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes |
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
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19.5.2013 |
LA Times: Opinion |
Can new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif succeed? That will depend largely on whether he has the strength of will to resist the military and to confront radical Islamists.
Can new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif succeed? That will depend largely on whether he has the strength of will to resist the military and to confront radical Islamists. |
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Pakistan: A New Beginning? by Ahmed Rashid | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
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18.5.2013 |
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