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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 2, 11:12 am ET
Pakistan's government has given the go-ahead for the country's players to take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) next year, a cricket board spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 10:00 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan and India will achieve peace only with an accord on the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said as India’s government said it won’t hold talks until the government in Islamabad tackles terrorism.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 10:13 am ET
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pledged an "enduring" commitment to Afghanistan and Pakistan, adding Washington will also significantly expand support to Pakistan.
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New York Times - Wed Dec 2, 10:03 am ET
President Obama left much unsaid about Pakistan, where he can send no troops, but he offered hints of an expanded counterinsurgency effort.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 9:55 am ET
A suicide bomber set off explosives hidden under his jacket outside the entrance of Pakistan's navy headquarters Wednesday, killing one security guard and wounding 11 other people, police said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:04 am ET
Pakistani troops have killed 12 suspected militants in operations in northwest Swat valley, where the military claims to have stemmed an Islamist uprising, the army said Thursday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 8:11 am ET
A suicide bomber attacked Pakistan's navy headquarters in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a naval official and injuring 11 others in the latest blast in the Taliban-troubled nation.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 2:27 am ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Obama's timetable for American forces in Afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and in Pakistan on Wednesday, as American diplomats worked to convince the two countries at the center of the president's war strategy that the United States would not cut and run.
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CNN - Wed Dec 2, 5:56 am ET
One person was killed and 11 others were wounded Wednesday when a suicide attacker blew himself up outside the entrance of the local naval headquarters in Pakistan's capital, a senior government official said.
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New York Times - Wed Dec 2, 5:48 am ET
A suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives while trying to enter the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy in Islamabad Wednesday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 5:46 am ET
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Pakistan's naval headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a guard and critically wounding two navy personnel.
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NPR - Wed Dec 2, 4:34 pm ET
In his speech on Afghan strategy Tuesday, President Obama said that Pakistan and the United States "share a common enemy." Obama also said success in Afghanistan "was inextricably linked" to Pakistan eradicating safe havens within its borders. Many Pakistanis, however, reject that premise.
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NPR - Wed Dec 2, 4:33 pm ET
President Obama said Tuesday success in Afghanistan "was inextricably linked" to Pakistan. Adil Najam, professor of international relations at Boston University and the founding editor of the blog Pakistaniat: All Things Pakistan, says events in Afghanistan have an almost-immediate impact in neighboring Pakistan.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Dec 2, 3:51 pm ET
If the US wants fundamental change, it must alleviate Pashtun frustration in Afghanistan and get Pakistan to give up supporting Islamists and the Taliban.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 12:25 am ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's government expressed confusion and concern yesterday about President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy, which calls for Pakistan to step up its cooperation