Sharif: ‘I Quit Ruling Coalition’
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10:42pm UK, Monday August 25, 2008
Alex Crawford,
Asia correspondent
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif is quitting the coalition government and his party is following him, he has said.
Nawaz Sharif (left) has quit the the coalition formed with Asif Zardari’s (right) party
ri”We do this with a heavy heart,” he told a news conference in Islamabad.
“We have been […]
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Group given “Mogheritas” to celebrate
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The group was provided with cocktails this evening to celebrate their new Head of House.
Mohamed was given the title after being nominated by his fellow housemates, and headed straight for the store room after collecting his rosette.
He explained that the group had been provided with “Mogheritas” complete with umbrellas.
“This is so exciting,” Sara grinned. “I […]
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1 million cut off by monsoon floods in India
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Authorities struggled Monday to get aid to more than 1 million people stranded by floods in a north Indian state, with one local government leader describing the situation as a catastrophe.
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IRAQI PM SAYS 2011 TROOP WITHDRAW DEAL REACHED
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BAGHDAD - Iraq and the United States have agreed that all U.S. troops will leave by the end of 2011, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday, but Washington said no final deal had been reached.
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Anderson Cooper is People, too
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Denver — Game on at the Democratic convention here, and the first order of biz is going through security. Everybody has to — even CNN’s Anderson Cooper. He was in line next to me and we chatted extensively about it.
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After the Olympics: The gold “goes to China” for public relations
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Now that the Beijing Olympic Games have ended, what sort of marks does the Chinese government earn on its scorecard for the job it did hosting the big event?
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Margaret Thatcher Suffering From Dementia, Family Says
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LONDON, Aug. 25 — The daughter of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher said Britain’s “Iron Lady” is suffering from dementia, the family’s first public confirmation of what has been widely rumored in Britain for several years.
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In India, New Opportunities for Women Draw Anger and Abuse From Men
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NEW DELHI
Every morning, Gitanjali Chaudhry, 17, walks to her high school through a labyrinth of temples and vegetable markets. Along with her books, she carries an Indian version of Mace — a bag of chili powder and a pouch of safety pins — to fend off the often boorish men who loiter in the narrow […]
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Congolese Accused of Recruiting Child Soldiers Ordered Set Free
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Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered the release of the court’s first defendant, a Congolese warlord charged with the coercive recruitment of thousands of child soldiers, saying he could not receive a fair trial due to withheld evidence.
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Experience Is Double-Edged Sword for The Ticket
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DENVER, Aug. 24 — A week after a young state senator named Barack Obama stood in Chicago’s Daley Plaza and denounced the move toward a “dumb war,” Joseph R. Biden Jr. took to the well of the U.S. Senate to make a much more nuanced argument, both for a resolution that he knew could lead […]
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An Uncertain Death Toll In Georgia-Russia War
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TBILISI, Georgia — It was evening, and Manana Rodiashvili had just milked her cow. The disputed region of South Ossetia had seen skirmishes in recent days, but her village was calm.
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Split looms in Pakistani ruling coalition
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s ruling coalition government looked on the verge of splitting on Monday over disputes about the judiciary and who should be the next president, as militant violence and economic problems mounted.
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Obama’s task: heal rift, hit McCain, beef up message
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DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama faces a challenge this week healing a party rift, confronting Republican rival John McCain more aggressively and fleshing out his rosy oratory with detailed policy.
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Russian MPs back Georgia’s rebels
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Russia’s upper house of parliament has unanimously backed the independence of Georgia’s two breakaway provinces - Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Officials: Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 25
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Also Sunday, the U.S. military said a 13-year-old girl wearing a bomb-laden vest surrendered to Iraqi police in Baqouba rather than blow herself up. She led police to a second suicide vest and was detained, the military said.
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Obama passes first test by bringing in old hand Biden
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A few years ago, George Bush characterised the task of the United States President as being ‘the decider’. But actually, one of the main responsibilities of America’s commander-in-chief is delegation. The success or failure of an administration often hinges on a president’s soundness of judgment in choosing people to make decisions on his behalf.
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Last-minute seat switch saved life of stewardess
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THE sole crew member to survive last week’s Madrid air disaster has explained how her life was saved by a last-minute decision to switch her seat from the back of the plane to the front.
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US Warship Takes Aid to Georgia
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ABOARD THE U.S.S. MCFAUL (Aug. 24) - A U.S. Navy destroyer loaded with humanitarian aid reached Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on Sunday, bringing baby food, bottled water and a message of support for an embattled ally.
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Two weeks that changed British sport forever
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A London mayor who can post Eton, Oxford and The Spectator on his CV took the Olympic flag from a Chinese counterpart who was a Communist enforcer in Tibet and remains a major player in the totalitarian elite.
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Cracking ice fuels greenhouse fears
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A growing ice crack, which has created a 28.5sq km chunk of ice haemorrhaging off a glacier, has appeared in northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming.
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