Rice pushes Pakistan on 2007 elections
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised two key allies in the fight against terrorism who are sometimes at odds, calling Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghanistan&#039;s President Hamid Karzai two leaders the world is lucky to have. But, Rice added, she expects Pakistan&#039;s military leader to fulfill his promise to hold democratic elections next year.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration on Sunday urged Pakistan to move ahead with free elections but declined to push Islamabad to hold the scheduled January 8 ballot after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed last week.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the embattled Iraqi government on Thursday to accelerate efforts to foster national reconciliation and help end sectarian violence.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistanâs leader vowed to prevent terrorists from staging attacks from Pakistani territory to disrupt landmark Afghan national elections set for October, Pakistanâs state-run news agency reported.
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The Bush administration has launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to persuade Pakistan to free democratic activists and lawyers, lift press restrictions and allow international observers into polling stations to ensure that the delayed parliamentary election is deemed credible by Pakistanis and by...
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On a trip to Afghanistan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on NATO members to increase the number of troops they commit to the region.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on Monday, seven weeks before going to the polls in Afghanistan&#39;s first ever presidential elections.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Pakistan&#039;s Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, as controversy simmered over infiltrations by militants across the Pakistani-Afghan border.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's ruling party assured President Pervez Musharraf yesterday that he had the votes to be elected to a new five-year term in October, before opposition leader Benazir Bhutto returns from exile. The president is chosen by national and provincial lawmakers. Bhutto, the former prime minister who plans to return Oct. 18, had urged that the presidential vote be ...
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Pakistan pushed back its general election by 6 weeks to Feb 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, against the objections of the main opposition parties who fear a delay will work against them.
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Condoleezza Rice and others cite a new climate, but some say Friday's meeting has more to do with political motivations.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to visit Kenya amid efforts to end post-election violence.
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Secretary of State-designate  Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday the United States would press  diplomacy in President Bush's second term after he was  criticized in his first four years for unilateralism.
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U.S. policymakers must keep pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to hold fair elections in Pakistan next month or risk deeper chaos in the nuclear-armed country, an important ally in Washington's anti-terror campaign, experts told Congress on Wednesday.
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The Pakistani PM files papers nominating President Pervez Musharraf to contest the presidential elections on 6 October.
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Pakistan is expected to set a new date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage against President Pervez Musharraf's government.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will seek re-election on October 6, officials said Thursday, as the embattled US ally faced a declaration of war from Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.