Pakistani siege talks break down; clash erupts
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Negotiations to an end a bloody standoff at a Pakistani mosque broke down on Tuesday and sustained gunfire and big explosions erupted from the vicinity of the mosque soon afterwards.
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At least nine were killed Tuesday in the clashes between Pakistani security forces and militants in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, Daily Times reported Wednesday.
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Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's military-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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Pakistan's president sets up a negotiation team to try to end a week-long stand-off at a radical mosque in Islamabad.
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More than 100 radical Islamic students holed up at an Islamabad mosque compound surrendered Wednesday morning, winding down an intense standoff between militants and government forces, a government source told CNN.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 31 -- Negotiations on a power-sharing arrangement between Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto appeared to stall on Friday, with officials expressing doubt that a deal could be reached.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Fighting intensified between the Pakistani army and insurgents in a volatile tribal area near the Afghan border on Sunday, a week after the collapse of a controversial cease-fire.
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Pakistani forces and Islamic militants in South Waziristan agree a 10-day ceasefire for talks to end fighting.
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Women and children were being used as human shields by militants besieged in a mosque in Islamabad, the Pakistan government said on Thursday as security forces ratcheted up pressure on hundreds inside to surrender.
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The United States Sunday sparked heated verbal skirmishes by refusing to rule out military action against Al-Qaeda leaders sheltering inside Pakistan, one of its closest &quot;war on terror&quot; allies.
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Pakistani forces set off &quot;warning&quot; blasts and knocked down the door of a pro-Taliban mosque Thursday, prompting militants to hurl grenades and open fire as tension mounted in a two-day siege.
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About 700 radical Muslim students surrendered at a besieged mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday, but thousands of militants remained inside a day after 16 people were killed in clashes.
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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' leader defied government demands to surrender.
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ISLAMABAD, July 10  - Negotiations to an end a bloody standoff at a Pakistani mosque ran into deadlock on Tuesday after earlier speculation that a deal might be struck, the chief government negotiator said.
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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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Taliban militants declared a cease-fire in fighting with Pakistani forces, and the government said it was preparing for peace talks with al-Qaida-linked extremists.
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HARIPUR, Pakistan, June 2 -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in one of the strongest displays of opposition yet to President Pervez Musharraf, even as the government cracked down on the media in an attempt to control a burgeoning crisis.