Shifting Alliances Complicate U.S.-Pakistan War Against Militants (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan’s efforts at pacifying its domestic insurgency sometimes work at cross-purposes with U.S. goals in Afghanistan
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Thousands rally in Pakistan against Zardari (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thousands of protesters rallied in Pakistan on Thursday, setting cars ablaze and torching images of President Asif Ali Zardari after a court barred the main opposition leader from office.
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High-flying Younus lifts Pakistan cricket (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In two years Younus Khan has gone from shunning the captaincy of Pakistan’s cricket to being hailed Thursday as its saviour after his epic 313 runs in the first Test against Sri Lanka this week.
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US, Pakistan, Afghan discuss ‘critical’ time (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan were Thursday plotting a new strategy to fight the threat of Islamic extremists amid a warning that this year will be critical in fighting the Taliban.
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Protests Deepen Pakistan’s Political Turmoil (ABC News)
Pakistan facing political crisis after opposition leaders barred from office.
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FBI to visit Pakistan next month: foreign ministry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will lead a team visiting Pakistan next month to help investigate the Mumbai attacks, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
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Violent protests deepen Pakistan political turmoil (AP via Yahoo! News)
Opposition supporters torched cars and stoned buildings Thursday after Pakistan’s Supreme Court barred two of their leaders from elected office, triggering political turmoil.
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka teams reach Lahore
LAHORE: Cricket teams of Pakistan and Sri Lanka have reached Lahore on Thursday for playing the second Test match of the series.Sources told that both teams will practice before the Test between the them.Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has said that despite political violence continued in Lahore the second Test will begin from Sunday as scheduled and there is no danger for the match.
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Drone Attacks Inside Pakistan Will Continue, CIA Chief Says; Panetta Calls Strikes ‘Successful’ at Disrupting Insurgents (Washington Post)
CIA Director Leon Panetta said yesterday that U.S. aerial attacks against al-Qaeda and other extremist strongholds inside Pakistan would continue, despite concerns about a popular Pakistani backlash.
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Panetta indicates strikes will continue in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
Leon Panetta, the new director of the CIA, indicated that missile strikes against Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan will continue or even expand.
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