Morning Brief: Pakistan left with minority government after defection

January 3rd, 2011 by admin

Pakistan left with minority government after defection Top news: The second-largest party in Pakistan’s governing coalition quit on Sunday, leaving Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with a minority government and calling into question the Pakistani leadership’s ability to deal with the country’s internal strife and spiraling economic crisis.  The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced that [...]

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The road to Damascus

November 2nd, 2008 by admin

Syria’s ambassador to Washington, Imad Moustapha, in an interview Thursday with Foreign Policy, complained that the Syrian government had approached the United States about cooperating to seal the Syria-Iraq border from foreign fighters — only to be repeatedly rebuffed by U.S. officials. This claim gained more credence today, as ABC News published an “exclusive” report [...]

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