Rice in Pakistan after Mumbai attacks
AFP - 7 minutes agoUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Pakistan on a hastily arranged visit aimed at defusing tensions with India after the Mumbai militant attacks.
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U.S. and India see link to militants in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune - Tue Dec 2, 9:47 pm ESTOfficials said they had identified leaders of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, stepping up pressure on Pakistan.
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Admiral Mullen urges Pakistan to probe militant groups' role in Mumbai attacks
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 1:15 pm EST(RTTNews) - The visiting chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded that Pakistan must investigate the involvement of Pakistani groups in the Mumbai attacks that killed around 180 and caused additional tension in India-Pakistan relations.
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Pakistan’s Richest Man Defies Terrorism to Expand Bank Empire
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 3:55 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- On a September evening when many of Pakistan’s 165 million people were breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, billionaire Mian Mohammad Mansha , the country’s richest man, was deciding whether to buy an Indonesian bank.
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 8:20 pm ESTAs of Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
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Top military officer travels to India, Pakistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 4:10 pm ESTThe top U.S. military officer traveled to India and Pakistan on Tuesday as part of an American diplomatic effort to ease tensions over last week's Mumbai attacks, officials said on Tuesday.
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NATO Hopes Pakistan Can Focus On Afghan Border Security
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 12:01 pm ESTBRUSSELS (AFP)--The North Atlantic Treaty Organization expressed hope Wednesday that Pakistan would keep up the fight against extremists on the Afghan border, amid Indian accusations that Islamabad had a hand in the Mumbai attacks.
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Pakistan army says airstrikes kill 30 militants
Deseret Morning News - Wed Dec 3, 11:43 am ESTPakistan's army says it has killed 30 militants in air strikes close to the Afghan border.
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Rice demands Pakistan help in probe of attacks
Boston Globe - Wed Dec 3, 7:17 am ESTSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that Pakistan has a "special responsibility" to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks.
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Hospital Pass: Pakistan mess for Obama
UPI - Wed Dec 3, 7:37 pm ESTBy SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- In the scrappy and often violent brand of rugby played at my school in South London, a hospital pass was a throw of the ball to a player when the opposition forwards were bearing down on him, guaranteeing him a bone-crushing place at the bottom of a pile of heavyset teenagers with big boots.
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Pakistan Promises IMF to Raise Rates If Reserves Drop (Update2)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 2:39 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s central bank promised the International Monetary Fund as part of a $7.6 billion bailout that it will increase interest rates further if the nation’s foreign reserves drop too low.
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Rice, Mullen asking India, Pakistan to cooperate
Boston Globe - Wed Dec 3, 7:02 am ESTThe top U.S diplomat and the country's senior military officer are making a direct appeal to India and Pakistan to share information following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
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U.S. presses India for restraint, Pakistan for action against terrorists
The State - Wed Dec 3, 3:38 pm ESTSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to head off Indian retaliation against Pakistan for the Mumbai terrorist attacks as the United States stepped up pressure on Islamabad to cooperate "transparently, urgently and fully" in tracking down the perpetrators. While Rice was in New Delhi, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was in Islamabad urging ...
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India, Pakistan tread lightly after Mumbai attack
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 2:55 pm ESTDemands for action are being heard across India amid the anger over last week's rampage in Mumbai by militants accused of coming from Pakistan, but leaders of the two nuclear-armed neighbors are striving to keep tensions in check.
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Rice: Pakistan must help in terror probe
MSNBC - Wed Dec 3, 1:25 am ESTSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday Pakistan bears a "special responsibility" to help get to the bottom of last week's terror attacks in India.
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Pakistan troops kill six militants in northwest: army
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 2:00 pm ESTTroops killed at least six militants while one soldier died Tuesday in Pakistan's restive northwest, the military said, where the country is waging a bloody offensive against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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