Alleged US Spies Blown Up in Public Execution
21 May 2010
Suspected Taliban Blow Up "U.S. Spies" in Pakistan, Reuters, 21 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Taliban militants strapped explosives to two men accused of being U.S. spies and blew them up at a public execution in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials and residents said on Friday. The killings took place on Thursday evening in North Waziristan, a lawless al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary on the Afghan border where the United States...
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Pakistan Blasphemy Laws Used to Justify "Murder": EU Parliament
21 May 2010
, AFP, 20 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The EU parliament on Thursday called on Pakistan to guarantee minority rights, claiming that its blasphemy laws could be used to murder members of political, racial and religious minorities. In a resolution adopted in Strasbourg, the assembled Euro MPs expressed 'deep concern' at the Pakistani blasphemy laws, calling for a 'thoroughgoing...
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Musharraf Announces Plans to Return to Pakistan Politics
21 May 2010
Pervez Musharraf Announces Plans to Stand in Pakistani Elections, The Guardian, 21 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf, has announced his intention to return from exile and stand for election at the head of a new political party. Musharraf, who has been living in London for the past year after resigning from the presidency under heavy political pressure, told CNN yesterday that he could not name the...
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Pakistan: Can the United States Secure an Insecure State?
21 May 2010
, RAND, May 2010
EXCERPT: "Describing Pakistan's likely future course, this book seeks to inform U.S. efforts to achieve an effective foreign policy strategy toward the country. The book forms an empirical analysis of developments in Pakistan and an assessment of the effectiveness of U.S. policy as of August 2009. Drawing on interviews of elites, polling data, and statistical...
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