Pakistan: Militants attack lawmaker’s home, kill 8 (AP via Yahoo! News)

Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the home of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s volatile northwest early Monday, killing eight people including the politician’s brother, police said.

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Police: 8 killed in Pakistan lawmaker’s home (AP via Yahoo! News)

Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the family home of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s volatile northwest early Monday, killing eight people including the politician’s brother, police said.

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Pakistan party mulls leaving coalition (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan’s fragile ruling coalition was at risk of being pulled apart on Monday, setting the stage for a major political showdown two weeks before the country’s lawmakers choose a new president.

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Ten killed in militant attack in Pakistan’s Swat (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Militants attacked the home of a district government official in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Monday, killing three members of his family and seven guards, police said.

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Sharif’s Party to Decide Today on Quitting Pakistan’s Coalition (Bloomberg.com)

Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — Nawaz Sharif meets with leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League party today to decide whether to quit the ruling coalition because the Pakistan Peoples Party is ignoring its partners in the alliance.

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Rockets kill eight in northwest Pakistan: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Suspected Taliban militants killed at least eight people Monday and wounded four others in a rocket attack in northwestern Pakistan’s Swat valley, police said.

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Pakistan coalition faces Monday deadline on judges (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan’s ruling coalition was at risk of collapsing Monday if its junior partner carries out a threat to quit unless judges ousted by ex-President Pervez Musharraf are restored immediately.

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Pakistan’s Zardari says Taliban winning war: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The Pakistani Taliban have “the upper hand” and should be put on the list of banned organizations in Pakistan, said Asif Ali Zardari, who has been nominated by his party to be the country’s next president.

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Pakistan shuns truce offer by militants (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Pakistan rejected a ceasefire offered by Taliban militants in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border, officials say.

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Appeals to call off strike

KarachiSindh Transport Minister Akhtar Hussain Jadoon has expressed concern over the strike of goods transports in Karachi and said that their

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