Pakistan

June 20 2012 10:56 AM

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June 20 2012 8:51 AM

President Asif Ali Zardari, who is intimately involved in the intrigue surrounding Gilani?s removal from office, has cancelled a trip to Russia in order to deal with the emergency.

June 19 2012 12:32 PM

Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio is still endemic.

June 19 2012 8:39 AM

PPP is engaged in an emergency session, probably to choose a successor for Gilani, who has run out of legal options to stay in power.

June 18 2012 1:52 PM

There's concern among some U.S. lawmakers that recent national security leaks that allegedly originated in the White House may have, among other consequences, jeopardized the security of Americans conducting the operations.

June 14 2012 3:18 PM

The very peak of Powell's career likely occurred in April 1968,when he delivered his infamous Rivers of Blood speech in Birmingham in which he warned that unchecked immigration of non-whites into Britain would lead to violence in the streets and social collapse.

June 14 2012 3:55 AM

Beset by rising rhetoric about a possible Israeli attack against its nuclear facilities, Iran is seeking full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an additional layer of international diplomatic life insurance. On 12 November 2011 Iranian Supreme National Security Council's Secretary Assistant Ali Bageri said that Iran is seeking full membership in the SCO, upgrading its current observer status, telling journalists in Moscow, We have already submitted a relevant...

June 13 2012 3:13 PM

Following the accidental killing of 24 Pakistani troops by U.S. missiles last November, Islamabad has closed the transport routes.

June 12 2012 1:48 PM

The British minister held discussions with both Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and added that he urged a quick reconciliation.