Nawaz Sharif defies house arrest
Pakistan’s main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif
defied house arrest Sunday and declared he was leading a mass
protest on the capital, as riot police clashed with stone-throwing
mobs.
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Pakistan Government seeks to ease political crisis
Pakistan’s Government announced its first major
concession Saturday in a monthlong political crisis, pledging to
appeal a disputed court ruling against a key opposition leader, just
hours after a concerned US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
called both sides apparently to press for a resolution.
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G-20 pledge sustained action on financial crisis
Finance officials from rich and developing
countries pledged Saturday to do “whatever is necessary” to fix the
global economy, including supervision of freewheeling hedge funds
and restoring bank lending by dealing with the shaky securities
burdening their finances.
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