Pakistanis launch attack after mosque talks fail
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Pakistani forces launched an  operation on Tuesday to clear militants from a mosque compound  after talks to end a week-long standoff broke down, the  military said.
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Explosions and heavy gunfire stopped Islamist politicians from entering a besieged Islamabad mosque on Saturday, on a mission to persuade a radical cleric to send out children among his hundreds of militant followers.
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Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked  Islamabad early on Saturday as Islamist students holed up in a  mosque battled Pakistani security forces after the militants&#39;  leader defied government demands to surrender.
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Pakistani authorities issued a &quot;last  warning&quot; on Sunday to a rebel Islamist cleric and his fighters  holed up in an Islamabad mosque, as speculation mounted  security forces would launch a full-scale assault.
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Pakistan launches an offensive  against suspected al-Qaeda fighters as top US official Richard Armitage holds talks in Islamabad.
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Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Heavy exchanges of fire erupted on Friday between Islamist militants holed up in a Pakistani mosque and security forces after the militants' leader said he and his hundreds of followers would rather die than surrender.
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Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound in the capital on Tuesday to clear it of militants after talks to end a week-long standoff broke down.
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Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew around a mosque on Wednesday where 11 people were killed in clashes between religious students and security forces and ordered students in the mosque to lay down their weapons.
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Demonstrators rallied Friday in Pakistan's major cities to denounce a government assault on a radical mosque that left more than 100 dead, and security forces were deployed to foil revenge attacks by extremists, officials said.
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Islamabad, Pakistan, July 3 -- A long-simmering standoff between the government and a radical mosque in the heart of the Pakistani capital exploded into a vicious street clash on Tuesday, with a soldier and two students dying and dozens more injured.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday told Islamists besieged at a mosque in the capital to surrender or be killed, amid claims that a bid to shoot down his plane was in revenge for the standoff.
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Shooting broke out at a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad on Tuesday after students clashed with police deployed there. Students from the Lal Masjid mosque opened fire on the police and paramilitary rangers, who fired tear gas at crowds near the mosque, according to a photographer for The Associated Press.
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Pakistani politicians launched a final push for votes Saturday, as Islamist militants blew up a polling station in an attack that raised new fears for the security of next week's elections.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Islamists besieged at an Islamabad mosque to surrender or be killed Saturday, amid claims that a bid to shoot down his plane was in revenge for the standoff.
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More than 500 radical Muslim students surrendered at a besieged mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday but thousands of militants remained inside a day after 11 people were killed in clashes.
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Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew around a mosque in the capital on Wednesday after 11 people were killed in clashes with security forces, and militant Islamic students were ordered to lay down their weapons.