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Tuesday May 14 | The Nation

Election commission orders repolling in NA-250

The poll rigging complainants have started directly moving the Election Commission of Pakistan as the returning officers concerned mostly continue to reject recounting applications in a surprising development that appears to have further cast the shadows on the elections credibility in the wake of widespread reports of massive rigging in the ... (more)

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Mon May 13, 2013

India Talkies

Sherry Rehman quits as Pakistan envoy to US - Indiatalkies.com

Rehman, a Pakistan Peoples Party leader, has resigned as Pakistani ambassador to Washington with immediate effect owing to the fact that her appointment was a political one, Geo News reported from Washington.

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Time

Scenes from Pakistan's Historic Election

A Pakistani voter makes his way on a hilltop as he arrives to cast his ballot during parliamentary elections in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on May 11, 2013.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Defense Tech

Report: SOF Must Develop 'New Magic' To Keep Up With Threats

In future years, U.S. Special Operations Forces must utilize next generation technologies and strategic partnerships to counter the threats posed by extremist groups, weapons of mass destruction proliferation and Anti-Access/Area-Denial challenges.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan

KRVN-AM Lexington

Manhunt: Meet the CIA - Sisterhood' That Tracked Bin Laden

Years before Osama bin Laden became a household name, a group of female analysts at the CIA was so determined to find and stop the terror leader that one said she was once counseled by an Agency superior that she was spending "too much time" on the bin Laden hunt.

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Thu May 09, 2013

CNN

Key events in Pakistan's historic election

Politics can be a blood-soaked affair in Pakistan, and this leadership struggle is no exception.

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New York Post

Hollywood at war

You know America is in trouble when an actress/Playboy TV reporter/producer and her husband have a more compelling foreign policy than our State Department.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Leon Panetta, Prison, Opinion

ScienceBlogs

Pakistan sees first polio case since vaccination campaign disrupted

Earlier this week, a UN official told AFP that a child in North Waziristan, Pakistan had contracted polio - the first reported case since tribesman in North Waziristan stopped authorities from conducted a vaccination campaign in June last year.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Albany Times Union

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case

In this June 25, 2012 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after a pre-trial hearing.

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Aquarius Papers

The Annular Solar Eclipse at 20 Taurus May 9-10, 2013 Pt. 1 - Who Does It Affect and for How Long?

This Solar Eclipse will have a huge impact on everyone for 3+ years. All eclipses shut something down, taking away elements of our lives no longer true for us.

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PakTribune

PPP, PML-Q, PTI have joined hands against N-League: Nawaz

RAWALPINDI: The President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz , Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday said the people would vote for the PML-N candidates for the sake of development and prosperity of the country despite the fact that the PPP, PML-Q and PTI had joined hands against his party.

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Tue May 07, 2013

The Huffington Post

Raymond Barrett: The War on Terror Is Over...But Osama Bin Laden Won.

High in the mountains of Afghanistan many moons before 9/11, Osama Bin Laden told the British journalist Robert Fisk exactly what he sought to achieve through his murderous crusade against Uncle Sam.

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Related Topix: Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, World News, Pakistan, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Daily Mail

Shakil Afridi: Hollywood couple launches ad campaign to free the...

Campaign: A Hollywood couple has launched a campaign targeting members of the military to help free the Pakistani doctor - Shakil Afridi, pictured - who aided the CIA in their search for Osama bin Laden A Hollywood couple has launched a campaign targeting members of the military to help free the Pakistani surgeon who aided the CIA in their search ... (more)

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Mon May 06, 2013

The Review

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case | 6 minutes

In this May 3, 2011 file photo, local residents gather outside a house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Sat May 04, 2013

LewRockwell.com

The Convenient Myth of al-Qaida

Two years ago this week, US special forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted man.

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Peninsula

Report on Bin Laden's killing...

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama bin Laden, is yet to be made public.

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Daily Times

Imran vows to maintain zero tolerance against corruption, injustice

ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman, Imran Khan said on Friday that his party after coming into power will maintain zero tolerance against corruption, favoritism and injustice in the society by introducing massive reforms.

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Scientific American

How the CIA s Fake Vaccination Campaign Endangers Us All

Not long after midnight on May 2, 2011, U.S. Navy SEALs attacked a three-story compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, raced to the main building's top floor and killed Osama bin Laden.

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Mid-Day Mumbai

Two years later, Osamaa s neighbours plead for privacy

Many residents living close to the slain al-Qaeda chief say they are still hounded by media persons asking about the events that led to the terrorist's assassination Many residents living close to the slain al-Qaeda chief say they are still hounded by media persons asking about the events that led to the terrorist's assassination Many residents ... (more)

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The Nation

OBL report yet to be made public

Presented four months ago to the outgoing premier, a probe report drafted by a judicial commission into the events surrounding the killing of al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in a US Navy SEALs swoop on May 2, 2011 in the garrison town of Abbottabad has not been released for public review yet.

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