After Six Weeks, Musharraf Lifts State of Emergency
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The lifting of emergency rule will not resolve the tensions in Pakistan, in particular between the judiciary and the president.
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Pakistan's ruling party has enough votes to re-elect President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to a new five-year term, and the vote will likely take place in the first week of October, top party officials said Saturday.
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President Pervez Musharraf has emerged from six tumultuous weeks of emergency rule with another five-year presidential term but facing fresh threats to his grip on power.
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A curfew imposed in six major Bangladeshi cities following days of anti-government violence is lifted.
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Nigeria lifts the six-month state of emergency in the central highland state of Plateau.
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As Islamist gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza, Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Palestinian government on Thursday and declared a state of emergency after six days of bloody faction fighting.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Supplies from Pakistan's main gas  field have been fully restored, officials said on Saturday 11  days after a bloody attack by militant tribesmen seeking  greater autonomy forced the field to be shut down.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejigged his government on Friday at the end of a month-long state of emergency declared when Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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Maoists lift a week-long chokehold of the capital.
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Iraq's interim government declared a  state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence  gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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Pakistan's former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a key ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in as prime minister and won a vote of confidence that was boycotted by the opposition.
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The country's chief justice, whose firing sparked nationwide protests, is restored to office, in the latest blow to Pakistan's embattled president
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Former PM Benazir Bhutto has given President Musharraf 48 hours to seal a power-sharing deal, Pakistani media say.
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The announcement signaled an end to a wrenching hostage crisis that had gripped South Korea for almost six weeks.