Pakistani crisis eases after vote postponed
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Pakistan's political crisis appeared  to stabilize on Thursday with parties looking ahead to an  election in which the party of assassinated opposition leader  Benazir Bhutto is set to make gains.
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BAGHDAD -- The interim Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election yesterday. And a spokesman for the majority Shiite Muslim community called the date &quot;non-negotiable.
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It appears "impossible" for Pakistan to hold an election on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto, election officials said Tuesday
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule in Pakistan and restored the constitution on Saturday, in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state as Islamic militant violence spirals.
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Counting began on Monday after an  election in Pakistan which was far less violent than feared,  although it could result in a parliament set on driving U.S.  ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Elections in Pakistan appeared set to be delayed by several weeks despite demands by the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and other politicians that they take place as scheduled on Jan. 8
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Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.
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Pakistan's electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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The country's chief justice is restored to office, in the latest blow to Pakistan's embattled President
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Pakistan's government decided on   Monday to delay trying to pass a bill reforming laws to protect   women until President Pervez Musharraf returns from the United   States at the end of the month, senior officials said.
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Pakistani electoral officials will  decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll, with  expectations it would be delayed by up to two months after  Benazir Bhutto's assassination plunged the country into crisis.
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Pakistan's general election was postponed on Wednesday by six weeks until mid-February due to the  violence sparked by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite the objection of the two main opposition parties.
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Pakistan was poised to lift emergency rule on Saturday, but critics said it might make little difference for an opposition complaining President Pervez Musharraf can still engineer an election win for his allies.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing plunged the country into crisis.
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President suffers crushing blow to his authority in Pakistan's parliamentary elections
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The White House Saturday declined to comment on the possibility that Pakistan will postpone elections in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Pakistan postpones its vote amid widespread violence following the Bhutto assassination. But the delay could just exacerbate tensions