US ‘relieved’ as official freed in Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The United States voiced relief on Monday after an American official working for the United Nations was released unharmed in Pakistan following two months in captivity.

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Pakistan aims to check slide in security (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan will devise a concrete strategy to stem worsening security, the prime minister said on Monday, after a surge of violence that is likely to dominate talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.

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Pakistan grapples with slide in security; envoy due (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan’s prime minister summoned officials on Monday to work out ways to check a slide in security after a weekend of violence which is likely to top the agenda of talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.

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Kiwis snatch last-minute victory from Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)

New Zealand lived up to their favorites tag in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Monday when they snatched a late 3-2 win over former world champions Pakistan, who are now ruled out of the finals.

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Taliban threatens two attacks per week in Pakistan if U.S. missiles don’t stop (New York Daily News)

A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan’s capital killed 26 people, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.

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US envoy arrives in Pakistan for meetings (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan’s presidential spokesman says U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke has arrived in Pakistan for meetings with senior government officials.

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Flogging probe begins in Pakistan (BBC News)

A court hearing begins in Pakistan over a video showing the public flogging of a teenage girl in north-western Swat valley.

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‘Pakistan repatriates bodies of Afghan migrants’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The bodies of 45 Afghans who suffocated to death in a human smugglers’ container in southwestern Pakistan were being driven back to Afghanistan Monday for burial, officials said.

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Pakistan grapples with slide in security (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan’s prime minister summoned officials on Monday to work out ways to check a slide in security after a weekend of violence which is likely to top the agenda of talks with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.

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Akhtar back in Pakistan ODI team (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Pakistan cricket selectors on Monday recalled fit-again fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for the five one-day internationals and a twenty20 game against Australia in the United Arab Emirates later this month.

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