Pakistan Seeks to End Standoff in Islamabad
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 5 -- Pakistani security forces on Thursday launched an intense operation against militants holed up in an Islamabad mosque, seeking to end a months-long standoff that has turned deadly in recent days.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani security forces launched an operation last night against radical students holed up in an Islamabad mosque, seeking to end a monthslong standoff that has turned bloody in recent days.
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Troops surrounding a radical mosque in Islamabad deny entry to politicians seeking to broker a negotiated deal.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is fighting to maintain control of Pakistan in the face of rising Islamic militancy and a secular pro-democracy movement.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf formalized his candidacy for a new term as forces sealed off Islamabad to prevent a planned protest by attorneys.
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Paramilitary police in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, clash with radical Islamist students outside a controversial mosque in the city.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistanâs prime minister-in-waiting Shaukat Aziz wants the dispute over Kashmir to be resolved according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
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A radical cleric seized by security forces in Pakistan on Thursday urged armed militants still holed up inside a mosque besieged by government troops to end a two-day standoff.
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Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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A Pakistani cleric at the centre of a seven-day siege at an Islamabad mosque agreed on Monday to hold &quot;last-ditch&quot; talks over a loudspeaker with ministers and Islamic leaders to end the crisis.
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In an effort to oust Islamic radicals holed up in an Islamabad mosque, Pakistani officials have cut off water, gas, electricity, and 12 telephones, while troops blasted holes in the mosque's walls to free women and children inside.
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Pakistani security forces secured a mosque and school complex in Islamabad on Wednesday, snuffing out the last pockets of resistance a day after an assault that killed a rebel cleric and more than 70 supporters.
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Pakistani Muslim clerics said on Monday they were making a last-ditch bid to avert an assault on militants holed up in a mosque after authorities issued what they said was a last warning for them to surrender.
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Iraq's prime minister issues a "final call" to cleric Moqtada Sadr to end the stand-off in Najaf as new clashes erupt.
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Protesters in Pakistan are back on the streets calling for Musharraf to go.
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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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Palestinian leaders on Monday sought to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp which has been the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.