Militants Kill Female Police Officer, Her Relatives in NW
14 January 2011
, AFP, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Militants armed with rockets and rifles raided the house of a female police constable in Pakistan's troubled northwest, killing her and five relatives, according to officials. The officer Shamshad Begum, targeted in the pre-dawn attack in Tootkas town, in the district of Hangu, had been receiving Taliban death threats for some time, senior...
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Mortars Fired From Afghanistan Kill 8 in Pakistan
14 January 2011
Mortars Fired from Afghanistan Kill 8 in Pakistan, MSNBC, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Mortars allegedly fired from Afghanistan hit a house in a militant-infested area of Pakistan on Thursday, killing eight people, officials said. A pair of attacks elsewhere in the northwest killed four officers. The mortar attack occurred in Tity Mada Khel village in North Waziristan, part of Pakistan's lawless tribal area dominated by militants who...
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Karachi Ethnic Violence Kills at Least 12
14 January 2011
Karachi Ethnic Violence Kills 12, BBC News, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "At least 12 people have been killed in ethnic violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police say. The killings started with an attack on Thursday on a local leader of ANP party. Police said most of the killings had been drive-by shootings. Hundreds of people have been killed in ethnic and sectarian conflict in Karachi since 2008. Many attribute the...
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Blasphemy Law Reformers Vow to Defy Death Threats
14 January 2011
Pakistan Blasphemy Law Reformers' Death Threats, BBC News, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's minorities minister and an MP have told the BBC they will defy death threats they have received for their efforts to reform blasphemy laws. Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti said he had been threatened with beheading, but he would not be intimidated. Sherry Rehman, a woman MP who has put forward an amendment in parliament, says she...
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Zardari, Obama Meet in Washington, Focus on Anti-terror Efforts
14 January 2011
, AFP, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "US President Barack Obama on Friday offered to look at new ways to help Pakistan's troubled economy as he showed support for President Asif Ali Zardari at a White House meeting, officials said. Zardari held a closed-door meeting with Obama after flying into Washington for a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, the late US envoy for Pakistan and...
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Canadians Taking al-Qaida Training in Pakistan: Report
14 January 2011
Canadians Taking al-Qaida Training in Pakistan: Report, The Vancouver Sun, 14 January 2011
EXCERPT: "The RCMP is investigating a claim that a dozen Canadians in al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan are preparing to mount terror missions in Canada. 'Any information that we receive, we look at assessing its credibility and then taking proper actions to ensure that Canadians and our allies are kept safe,' Assistant Commissioner Gilles...
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