Pakistan Nuclear Weapons at Risk of Theft by Terrorists: US Study
13 April 2010
Pakistan Nuclear Weapons at Risk of Theft by Terrorists, US Study Warns, Telegraph, 12 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The rising concern about poorly-guarded nuclear weapons and material was the subject of an extraordinary two-day summit which began in Washington yesterday. [...] There was still considerable anxiety at the Nuclear Security Summit over the safety of more than 2,000 tons more HEU and weapons-grade plutonium stored in 40 countries....
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Kashmir Attacks Increase "98 Percent" in Past Year
13 April 2010
Villagers Caught Up in Kashmir Crossfire as Militants Infiltrate, The National, 12 April 2010
EXCERPT: "For nearly 70 hours, the sound of military helicopters beat overhead amid loud explosions and gunfire as a cat-and-mouse game ensued between soldiers and militants hiding in Mr Ganaie's crowded village of Chinkipora in Sopore, in Indian-administered Kashmir. Mr Ganaie's family, like other residents caught in the crossfire, managed to flee...
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US Special Ops Aiding Pakistan's "Hold and Build" Operations
13 April 2010
US Military Playing an Expanded Role in Pakistan, Reuters, 12 April 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Special Operations Forces on a training mission in Pakistan are playing an expanded but largely unseen role in the country's counterinsurgency campaign, working with paramilitary units to 'hold and build' tribal areas as militants are cleared out. U.S. defense and administration officials say the elite trainers, who currently number more...
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Public Discontent over Economic Failures, Poverty
13 April 2010
Pakistan's Poor Want More than Political Reform, The National, 12 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Mindful of public discontent over the economy that is frequently taking the form of violent protests, politicians in government and opposition are calling for the reforms to be translated into action that benefits Pakistan's poor, who, according to political economists, make up some 75 per cent of the country's estimated population of 170 million....
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