Militants Killed as Siege Ends in Kashmir
07 January 2010
, AFP, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Commandos stormed a hotel in Indian Kashmir on Thursday where two militants had been holed up for nearly 24 hours, killing the gunmen and bringing an end to the siege. The four-storey hotel in Srinagar, the summer capital of the volatile Himalayan region, was on fire before police announced both the pro-Pakistan extremists had been killed in a morning assault by security...
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Karachi's New Resolve Against Taliban
07 January 2010
, The Washington Post, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The bearded clerics who run Jamia Binoria, a large seminary in a shabby industrial zone, might seem to have much in common with the Taliban. They come from the same Deobandi strain of Islam, which rejects Western values and seeks to create a pure Islamic state. They require students to memorize the Koran and live an austere, regimented life steeped...
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Displacement Crisis Far from Over: UN
07 January 2010
Pakistan's Displacement Crisis Far from Over: UN, Reuters, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Tens of thousands more Pakistanis are likely to be forced from their homes in 2010 as the military continues an assault against the Taliban, the head of the U.N. office responsible for emergencies said on Thursday. About 2.3 million people, mainly in the northwest of the country, were displaced by fighting at the peak of the crisis last year, creating...
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US Hunt for Haqqani Nightmare for Pakistan
07 January 2010
, Reuters India, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States will push Pakistan hard to take the risky move of going after the Haqqani militant network if the group is linked to a Jordanian who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. No evidence may emerge that the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network - high on the CIA's hitlist - provided any support for the suspected suicide bomber from its northwestern...
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Zardari's Nine Political Lives
07 January 2010
After Setbacks, Pakistani President May Have Weathered Storm, McClatchy Newspapers, 6 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's US-backed president, Asif Ali Zardari, appears to have survived a campaign to oust him, a storm that had threatened to sidetrack the country from its battle with Islamic extremists. Although there were predictions in the last few months of 2009 that he was finished, Zardari has defended himself aggressively in recent...
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Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia: History and Prospects
07 January 2010
Counter-terrorism Co-operation in South Asia: History and Prospects, The National Bureau of Asian Research, December 2009
EXCERPT: "Given the persistent and transnational nature of terrorism in South Asia, the region's countries share a common interest in cooperating on counter-terrorism. This report examines the history of terrorism in South Asia, past attempts at counter-terrorism cooperation, and challenges facing regional cooperation....
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