Musharraf cracks down on rioters
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf orders firm action to crack down on unrest after Benazir Bhutto's death.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  - Hundreds of opposition supporters protested across Pakistan on Saturday, denouncing President Pervez Musharraf's decision to retain the powerful post of army chief.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf formalized his candidacy for a new five-year term Thursday as security forces sealed off the Pakistani capital to prevent a planned protest by angry attorneys.
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Bangladesh's military-backed government relaxed a curfew today brought in to quell student riots that had rocked the country's campuses after security forces arrested four university professors who were arch-critics of the regime.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was set to lift a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday, looking to quell fierce criticism that general elections next month will not be free and fair.
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted a six-week-old state of emergency Saturday, telling a skeptical nation the crackdown was to save Pakistan from a conspiracy rather than ensure his own political survival.
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Thousands of lawyers, journalists and opposition activists staged a sit-in protest in the Pakistani city of Lahore, demanding President Gen. Pervez Musharraf resign for suspending a popular Supreme Court judge and enacting restrictions on the media.
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: Thailand&#39;s prime minister said Tuesday a military crackdown that left six rioters dead in the Muslim-dominated south was justified, arguing that such rioting is aimed at sowing chaos and cannot be tolerated.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to impose emergency rule, state-run television said on Saturday, in a move expected to put off elections due in January.
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Demonstrators staged noisy protests Monday as Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf held talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, amid criticism over human rights and concern over elections.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti police intensified their crackdown on Islamic militants yesterday, storming several suspected hideouts and arresting a reputed terror leader after a shootout that killed four suspects and a civilian. The fighting in Mubarak Al Kabir, south of Kuwait City, left three terror suspects and three police officers wounded, officials said. One of the three suspects who surrendered ...
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President Musharraf says security forces should halt operations at Islamabad's Red Mosque to let women leave.
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Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on October 6, officials said.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf tightened controls on Pakistan's media Monday, the latest move against dissent in a growing political crisis over his suspension of the chief justice.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- With President Pervez Musharraf facing an election in just two weeks, police on Saturday night arrested key opposition leaders who had vowed to try to block the general's plans for winning a new term.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday ruled out declaring an emergency amid a rising tide of militant attacks that have killed more than 130 people this month, officials said.
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NEW YORK - President Pervez Musharraf Musharraf said Monday that Pakistan was committed to ridding the country of terrorist groups and their supporters.