Pakistani leader ends state of emergency
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted Pakistan's 6-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that enraged opponents and worried Western supporters.
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Pakistan's president has removed the Islamic nation's chief justice for "misuse of authority," state media reported yesterday. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken a tough line against government misdeeds and human rights abuses. Opposition groups, lawyers, and former judges expressed surprise over the dismissal, which underlined the power of President Pervez Musharraf over the judiciary.
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JERUSALEM, June 15 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government Thursday and declared a state of emergency after rival Hamas forces took complete control of the Gaza Strip in what the Islamic movement called the territory's "liberation."
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An operation to flush out militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque is in its final stages, Pakistan's army says.
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Pakistani opposition leader had left scene in Rawalpindi before explosion
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,   alleging that he misused his office.      While the government officially denies it,   Chaudhry has been placed under house arrest, surrounded by a police barricade to prevent visitors:      "You cannot stop us from entering the residence of Iftikhar Chaudhry," (Qazi Hussain Ahmed, President of the Islamist opposition alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal) told police, and then crossed the barricade.    The situation forced the police personnel to call reinforcement to foil the attempt of the opposition leaders.    Chaudry's "misuse of office" was to investigate   the disappearances of four hundred people, many of them human rights workers, who were arrested since the War on Terrorism began, as well as to prevent the sale of a government-run steel mill and the conversion of a public park in Islamabad to a privately-run mini golf club.    Chaudry's dismissal has provoked a constitutional crisis in Pakistan.  Of deep concern is that Pakistan possesses, and has successfully tested nuclear weapons.  What will become of them if the government falls?
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf defends imposing emergency rule, insisting he is acting to curb extremism.
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Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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The Pakistani opposition leader's assassination has thrown the country into turmoil.
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Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, official notification said here Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf, the embattled military leader of Pakistan, sharply tightened restrictions yesterday on the nation's broadcast media.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as army chief as part of a broad and once-unthinkable agreement being finalized with his chief political rival, Benazir Bhutto, officials on both sides said Wednesday.
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President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday Pakistan was now in open battle with Islamic militants who have launched a spate of suicide attacks, but ruled out declaring a state of emergency.
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While the government hailed an end to emergency rule, many Pakistani politicians, voters and the media said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf remained entrenched in power with elections next month skewed in his favor.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 -- Pakistani commandos stormed the Red Mosque at dawn Tuesday after last-minute negotiations broke down and President Pervez Musharraf gave the go-ahead for an operation aimed at ending the eight-day siege.
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A state of emergency is decleared in Bangkok, as tanks surround the prime minister's office and the king is declared head of state
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President Pervez Musharraf will lift Pakistan's state of emergency only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be hauled before a court, a senior official said Thursday, as lawyers held more protests against the retired general.