Security forces dispersed a crowd gathering to protest the country’s regime Tuesday at a square in Iran’s capital. And with good reason.
Iranian police scatter anti-government protesters
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Record rain in Karachi kills dozens
Cleanup efforts unfolded Monday in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, after torrential monsoon rain over the weekend killed dozens, cut power to 15 million and broke a 32-year record. Officials combed the city looking for bodies
Mumbai gunman pleads guilty in court
The lone surviving gunman captured during last year’s terrorist assault on Mumbai confessed his involvement in the attacks in court Monday. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is one of 10 Pakistani nationals who police said unleashed terror on India’s financial capital for four days and three nights in November
Pakistan’s high court acquits former prime minister
Pakistan’s high court acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges Friday, paving the way for another run for office.
Reporter’s notebook: Afghanis skeptical of U.S. offensive
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Man must choose between selling kidney or child
Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney. For the 50-year-old Iqbal, there is only one option. Despite a law passed in late 2007 banning transplants for money, he has decided to sell his kidney and has already been for pre-operation tests
Al Qaeda message urges Pakistanis to back militants
The people of Pakistan must back Islamic militants to counter the influence of the United States in their country or face punishment from God, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second in command, said in an audio message released early Wednesday. “I believe that every honest and sincere Muslim in Pakistan should seriously contemplate … Pakistan’s present state and expected future, because the blatant American crusader interference in Pakistan’s affairs ..
Explosion kills 9 in Pakistan
Nine people — including seven children — died in an explosion Monday morning in eastern Pakistan, a hospital official said. At 26 years old she has just become a widow.
UK defense chief defends Afghan fight, says more lives will be lost
Britain’s defense secretary Wednesday mourned the deaths of seven British soldiers killed over the last week in Afghanistan and defended the hard-fought mission against Taliban militants. But Bob Ainsworth, speaking at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, also said “the nature of the fight” against a “highly adaptable” enemy “means we will take more casualties before we succeed.” “It is understandable that at a time like this people ask why are the lives of these courageous people being lost Why are we in Afghanistan In these difficult times, can we afford to be there As defense secretary, I have a responsibility to answer these questions,” he said
Pakistan: Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 8
A suspected U.S. drone attack killed eight militants and wounded five others Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, according to Pakistani officials