Pakistan tense on eve of key vote
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Security is high in Pakistan on the eve of key elections overshadowed by violence and vote-rigging fears.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 29 -- Nationwide rioting brought life in Pakistan to a standstill Saturday and forced government officials to consider delaying next month's elections, as the country continued to be riven with discord over Thursday's killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistanis began voting in parliamentary elections on Monday amid anxiety over further political turmoil and violence.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- With their country in turmoil, Pakistani voters are expected within months to go to the polls for the first parliamentary elections here in five years. But as time runs short, independent observers say that the nation is poorly prepared and that the elections will be highly...
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Security is increased in Pakistan ahead of protests over the government's operation against Islamabad's radical Red Mosque.
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Musharraf may have lifted the order, but with elections on the horizon, many of his recent draconian measures endure
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With a Jan. 8 election now clouded with uncertainty, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto threatens to fracture the country
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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 18 -- Outbreaks of sporadic violence were reported across Pakistan on Monday as polls closed and election officials began tallying votes in the country's first parliamentary elections in five years.
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Pakistanis began voting Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf Â America's key ally in the war on terror.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Pakistani voters are expected to succeed where President Pervez Musharraf has failed, pushing back the Islamist tide and throwing out of power political clerics governing Pakistan's violent northwest.
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MULTAN, Pakistan  - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.
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Pakistan was braced on Saturday for  reprisals from militants after the capture of one of the  Taliban's three most senior leaders earlier this week.
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Millions of Pakistanis defied bombings and shootings on Monday to vote in critical parliamentary elections that will decide the political fate of US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistani politicians were making final preparations on Sunday for a general election the next day that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Key opposition figures are arrested in Pakistan, ahead of protests against President Musharraf's re-election.
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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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The imminent homecoming of the prime minister he deposed is the latest challenge to the Pakistani president's precarious hold on power