US-Led Coalition Fire Kills 4 Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan fired across the border into Pakistan, targeting what they said were militants associated with the Taliban's most dangerous commander. The Pakistani army said four civilians were inadvertently killed in the incident.

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U.S. Embrace of Musharraf Irks Pakistanis

The Bush administration's continued backing of the Pakistani president is perceived as American meddling.

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Pakistan Victors Want Dialogue With Militants

The winners of the parliamentary elections said that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants.

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Senior Qaeda Commander Is Killed by U.S. Missile

The commander, Abu Laith al-Libi, who was Libyan, was a longtime lieutenant of Osama bin Laden.

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U.S. aims to turn hostile Pakistani tribes friendly

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States this year will start spending in earnest $750 million where its troops can't go in the hope of making Pakistan's unruly tribal lands less hospitable for al Qaeda and the Taliban.

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Gunmen in Pakistan Free School Hostages

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Gunmen briefly seized control of a high school in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, holding more than two dozen students and teachers hostage before surrendering to tribal negotiators in exchange for safe passage from the area.

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Pakistan rebuffs U.S. plan for CIA buildup: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf this month rebuffed U.S. proposals to let the CIA have greater latitude to operate in tribal areas where al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups are active, The New York Times said in Sunday editions.

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U.S. commander in Pakistan as Taliban attack fort

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A top U.S. commander met with Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Tuesday as the Pakistani military said it had repulsed an attack by Taliban fighters on a fort near the Afghan border, killing 37 of them.

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Gaza Gripped by Cold and Darkness After Israel Blocks Delivery of Fuel

JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 -- Gaza's only power plant ceased operating in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, plunging much of the territory of 1.5 million Palestinians into darkness and winter cold.

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C.I.A. Says Militant Was Behind Bhutto's Death

The C.I.A. has concluded that the assassins who killed Benazir Bhutto were directed by Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani militant leader.

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Militants capture Pakistani fort, 47 dead

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan attacked and captured a paramilitary fort early on Wednesday, and 40 militants and seven soldiers were killed and 20 soldiers missing, the military said.

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Pakistan Warns U.S. on Attacking Al Qaeda on Its Own

President Pervez Musharraf warned that any unilateral attacks by the U.S. against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in his country's tribal areas would be treated as an invasion.

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Bomb Kills at Least 23 in Pakistan

An explosion, apparently detonated by a suicide attacker, was aimed at police officers protecting a rally in Lahore.

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U.S. Considering New Covert Push Within Pakistan

A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said.

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For Now, Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan

For speaking out against President Pervez Musharraf, one lawyer spent three weeks in jail and another is under house arrest in Lahore. None of these leaders can talk to one another.

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Pakistan Requests British Help in Bhutto Inquiry

In a speech, President Pervez Musharraf also defended the decision to postpone parliamentary elections until Feb. 18.

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Pakistan's Bhutto assassinated

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5 Soldiers Killed in Pakistan Suicide Attack

Suicide bombers struck a military checkpoint in Quetta, a an area with a history of sectarian and nationalist violence.

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US: Al-Qaida Active in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military is seeing early signs that al-Qaida may be stepping up its activities in Afghanistan, a senior defense official revealed for the first time Monday as Secretary Robert Gates made his third trip to this country.

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Musharraf Sets Date for End of Emergency Rule

Pervez Musharraf made the announcement after being sworn into a second term as president of Pakistan today.

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