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publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Dear Editor: The much awaited NRO beneficiary list has finally seen the light of the day. However, I have my doubts on its authenticity. Many names have been either deliberately left out or conveniently forgotten. The reader may challenge my assumptions. But to prove my point, I would like to question the missing name of Benazir Bhutto, Nasir Hussain, food for oil programme company directors, foreign...
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Understanding Each Other, Diversity and Dissent (Free subscription) | yesterday
We view things too simply. These are the guys who taught Marco Polo what he learned about business, negotiations, logistics and operations. http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/29/taliban-isi-let-jem-lashkar-jaish-pashtun-afghanistan-opinions-contributors-pakistan.html Commentary An Alphabet Soup Of Terror Bahukutumbi Raman 05.29.09, 9:30 AM ET An emailed question from an editor at this publication asked...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West Benazir Bhutto writes of her vision of what we need to know and do to bring harmony and understanding between our seemingly conflicting cultures. I highly recommend it.
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Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Pakistan’s former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Blackwater later changed its name and is now known as Xe. General Beg, who was chief of army staff during Benazir Bhutto’s...
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IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Jeff Gates (WORLD VIEW) 17 November 2009 When waging war “by way of deception,” the motto of Israel’s Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe. Thus the force-multiplier effect, when staged crises are reinforced with pre-staged intelligence. In combination, the two often prove persuasive....
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The UN investigation body probing Benazir Bhutto's assassination has met and questioned former President Pervez Musharraf in a "frank and cordial" conversation.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A United Nations commission investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Tuesday that it met with Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler who was in power at the time.
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UN News Centre (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The independent United Nations commission charged with examining the facts and circumstances behind the December 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto met recently with former President Pervez Musharraf.
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The Islamic Workplace (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
By Pamela Constable Washington Post Foreign Service November 16, 2009 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — President Asif Ali Zardari, who entered office 14 months ago on a wave of post-dictatorship goodwill and sympathy for his slain wife, Benazir Bhutto, now faces growing public anger and disillusionment over his remote presidency. Some critics are urging him to step down, and others [...]
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
On Nov. 16, 1988, Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party was the winner of Pakistan’s national elections, clearing the way for Bhutto to become the first female leader of a Muslim-majority nation.
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The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Jadwiga was crowned King of Poland in 1384. Prettiest king ever, so they say. Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa in 1532. Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for anti-government activities in 1849, though the sentence was later commuted to life at hard labour. Benazir Bhutto was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988. Born today: W.C. Handy (1873-1958), Alexander Blok (1880-1921),...
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GayandRight (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Just when they seem to be making some progress against the Taliban... Pakistan faces fresh political turmoil with the end of a legal amnesty for politicians, a move that will divert Islamabad from the anti-terrorism fight and create an uproar aimed at ousting the pro-Western President. A controversial law, brought in by military ruler Pervez Musharraf back in 2007, wiped away long-standing criminal...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
CIA Says It Gets Its Money's Worth From Pakistani Spy Agency -- L.A. Times It has given hundreds of millions to the ISI, for operations as well as rewards for the capture or death of terrorist suspects. Despite fears of corruption, it is money well-spent, ex-officials say. Reporting from Washington - The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's intelligence service since the Sept....
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baithak (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
This land was made for VIPs and all things must be tailored to ensure their safety, well being and prosperity. The people? They are expendable. Faceless and nameless. Just statistics forgotten within hours. Masood Hasan The MQM has managed to, and will continue to, stay in the political mainstream because its vote bank is fixed and customary – a vote bank that happens to be set in the largest...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
A Pakistani court has issued notices for the third time to former President Pervez Musharraf and one of his aides to respond to a petition seeking registration of a case against them for alleged involvement in the killing of former premier Benazir Bhutto.