A suspected US missile strike slammed into a Taliban camp in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 militants, including suspected Al-Qaeda fighters, security officials said.
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Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans Thursday, at the start of a mass four-day march designed to force President Asif Ali Zardari to reinstate sacked judges.
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Police detained protest leaders Thursday and stopped hundreds of marchers from leaving Pakistan’s largest city for a rally in the capital.
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Pakistan police Thursday stopped activists from leaving the country’s biggest city of Karachi and arrested more than 100 protesters, heightening tensions at the start of a mass anti-government march.
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Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans in Karachi Thursday, as scores defied the government to launch a mass protest that has thrown the country into crisis.
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March 12 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan police detained scores of protesters in Karachi as President Asif Zardari ’s government struggled to contain a confrontation that has undermined the country’s return to civilian control.
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A protest march is beginning throughout Pakistan and President Asif Ali Zardari is intent on stopping it. The march was originally planned by Pakistani lawyers demanding an independent judiciary and the reinstatement of the deposed supreme court chief justice. But in recent weeks it has been overtaken by the clash between Zardari and his main political rival.
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Barely a year after the country celebrated its return to democracy, Pakistan is ensnared in a new political crisis.
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PESHAWAR: The cricket team of Afghanistan has reached Peshawar on Thursday for a week-long training.Afghan team will practice at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in connection with the preparation for the qualifying round of the World Cup.Afghanistan cricket coach and former Pakistan Test bowler Kabir Khan told Geo News that that the Afghan team earlier had to go through training at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore but the Pakistan Cricket Board asked the team to remain in Peshawar.The Afghanistan team, with their own country in turmoil since the ousting of the Taliban by a US-led invasion in 2001, is happy to train in Peshawar, but is taking precautions.Afghanistan are warming up for next month’’s International Cricket Council qualifying tournament in South Africa, where four teams can qualify for the 2011 World Cup.Besides practicing, the Afghan team will also play a friendly match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar.The fact Afghanistan are still in training, with World Cup hopes alive, surprises Khan, because they”ve advanced from the lowest rung of qualifying. So far, they”ve moved through the division 5 event in Jersey, Division 4 in Tanzania and Division 3 in Argentina.Afghanistan have been bracketed with Denmark, Bermuda, Kenya, the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates in Group B for the South Africa tournament. Group A comprises Ireland, Scotland, Oman, Uganda, Canada and Namibia. The Afghanistan squad will wrap up its training camp March 17 and return to Kabul before flying to South Africa on March 20.A warm-up match against Oman will precede the qualifying tournament.
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Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans in Karachi Thursday, as thousands defied the government in a mass protest that has thrown the country into crisis.
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