Musharraf to quit army post, Pakistan FM hints
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood
Kasuri strongly suggested that President Pervez Musharraf would give
up his post as army chief by year’s end as political opponents have
demanded and the nuclear-armed country’s constitution requires.
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Pakistan: Rushdie knighthood may spark terrorism
Pakistan demanded that Britain withdraw a
knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, as a government
minister said the honour gave a justification for suicide attacks by
Muslims.
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Dozens of civilians dead in Afghan battles, locals claim
Scores of civilians and Taliban were killed in
days of fighting in southern Afghanistan, local officials said, but
NATO’s force confirmed only that “a large number” of rebels were
dead.
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