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25 Dead, Dozens Hurt in Karachi Suicide Bombing
Associated PressKARACHI, Pakistan -- A suicide bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi killed 25 people and wounded dozens more Monday, as Shiites across the country marked the key holy day of Ashoura. Violence broke out in the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Taliban, Injuries and Wounds, Bombings
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Several Arrested In Pakistan Over Times Square Bomb Plot
According to Pakistan intelligence officials, several people have been detained in the southern city of Karachi in connection with the Times Square bombing attempt.
Of those detained was a man identified as "Tauseef," said to be a friend of Faisal...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Times Square, Pakistan, National Security
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Pakistan military campaign has broad support, but for how long?
Cradled in his father's arms, 8-month-old Maaz Ayaz appeared listless and underweight.
A smudge of dirt marked the boy's face. His father, Mohammed Ayaz, anxiously talked of how he and his wife could feed Maaz only tea and biscuits -- the only food...Tags: Lahore (Pakistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, Pakistan, Rebellions
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'Get the shark's mouth on here'
Of The Morning CallChris R. Showalter, son of a PPL lineman in Lancaster, joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. Today, the 84-year-old Salisbury Township resident remembers serving with the Flying Tigers in China. Showalter's story begins as he arrives...Tags: China, Radio Industry, Entertainment, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), OWN (tv network)
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Aunt Benazir's false promises
We Pakistanis live in uncertain times. Emergency rule has been imposed for the 13th time in our short 60-year history. Thousands of lawyers have been arrested, some charged with sedition and treason; the chief justice has been deposed; and a draconian...Tags: White House, Democracy, Pakistan, Punishment, Crisis
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The Benazir I knew
I interviewed Benazir Bhutto just a month before she returned to Pakistan in October after almost 10 years in exile. I'd known her for years, on and off -- mostly off -- since we'd been in college together, and her brother, Mir Murtaza Bhutto, had been a...Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Government, Pakistan, Death
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'A Mighty Heart'
!["A Mighty HEART" has to serve a number of masters — the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael Winterbottom — and it does so remarkably well.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-06/30682407.jpg ""A Mighty HEART\" has to serve a number of masters — the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael Winterbottom — and it does so remarkably well.")
Times Staff Writer"A Mighty HEART" has to serve a number of masters — the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Documentary (genre), Pakistan, Angelina Jolie
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He gave Pakistan her voice
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKarachi, Pakistan Out of costume but not out of character, one of Pakistan's hottest TV stars was sipping his first tea of the day as the sun faded on a December afternoon, the shadow of his beard evidence of rising late after another night of...Tags: Entertainment, Pakistan, Crisis, Transportation Accidents, Celebrities
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Bhutto, an aristocrat who championed democracy
![She was, by her own account, a "daughter of destiny," a pampered girl from an aristocratic Pakistani family who inherited her father's political mantle and went on to become the Muslim world's first female prime minister. But in the end, that destiny proved a tragic one: Like her father, Benazir Bhutto was killed for her political ambitions.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-12/34455208-27130547.jpg "She was, by her own account, a "daughter of destiny,\" a pampered girl from an aristocratic Pakistani family who inherited her father's political mantle and went on to become the Muslim world's first female prime minister. But in the end, that destiny proved a tragic one: Like her father, Benazir Bhutto was killed for her political ambitions.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShe was, by her own account, a "daughter of destiny," a pampered girl from an aristocratic Pakistani family who inherited her father's political mantle and went on to become the Muslim world's first female prime minister. But in the end, that destiny...Tags: Bombings, Parochial Schools, Democracy, Pakistan, Roman Catholicism
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Some of the deadliest terror attacks in Pakistan
-- : A truck bomb devastates Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100. -- : Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates into mammoth weapons factory in town of Wah, killing at least 67 people and wounding...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Pakistan, Health
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Investment risks rise with Pakistan chaos
From ReutersPakistan's brief period as a destination for adventurous investors seems over for now, as the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto brings fresh instability to an already volatile nuclear-armed nation. "This is the worst possible scenario for...Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Stock Broking, Pakistan, Death, Pervez Musharraf
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Bhutto's son and husband take the helm of her party
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterActing in accordance with her last wishes, Benazir Bhutto's party Sunday named her 19-year-old son as its ceremonial leader and her widowed husband as the executor of its day-to-day affairs as violence that had flared in Pakistan after her assassination...Tags: White House, Democracy, Pakistan, Crisis, Health
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