Bhutto seeks security for Pakistan election campaign amid
suicide attacks
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is asking for
more security before taking her election campaign to the
southwestern city of Quetta, after two suicide bombers killed 10
people there, her party said Friday.
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Hindu hardliner vies for re-election in tense Indian state
India’s Gujarat state voted Tuesday to decide if
a Hindu hardliner accused of turning a blind eye to bloody
anti-Muslim riots five years ago will stay in power. Nearly 60
percent of the 17.9 million eligible voters cast ballots for 87
seats in the western state’s 182-member assembly, the Election
Commission said.
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Bali climate standoff extends into final day
The United States and Europe faced off into the
final day of the UN climate conference yesterday deadlocked over how
ambitious the goal should be in negotiating cutbacks in
global-warming gases after 2012.
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