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Pakistan elections: Who's running?
This election will mark the first transfer of power from one government to another without any military interference. Here is a look at the main candidates for prime minister.
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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 09/19
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Why Karachi is seething
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Militants try to shape Pakistani election with bombs
The wave of political violence has killed at least 60 people in recent weeks, and many of the attacks have been directed at candidates from secular parties opposed to the Taliban.
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Global News Blog Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore
General Musharraf was a somewhat benign autocrat who wanted to be like Ataturk; but his return from exile to get elected in the top job, smacks of miscalculation.
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Pakistan elections: Who's running?
This election will mark the first transfer of power from one government to another without any military interference. Here is a look at the main candidates for prime minister.
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Iran earthquake, at least 7.7 magnitude, strikes along Iran-Pakistan border
Iran's Red Crescent said it was facing a 'complicated emergency situation' in the area, with at least 46 people in the sparsely populated region killed.
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Gordon Brown: Girls' empowerment movement is a global game-changer
Girls, not adults, are forming a liberation movement – demanding their rights, especially to education. They've organized child-marriage-free zones, demonstrations to support Malala Yousafzai, petitions against child labor, and a growing movement exposing child trafficking.
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Pakistani politician injured by roadside bomb
Malik Adnan Wazir, a politician associated with the Awami National Party, was wounded by a roadside bomb Sunday, and two of his supporters were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Principal killed, six schoolchildren wounded in Pakistan attack
As children gathered outside a private school in Karachi Pakistan to receive test scores and prizes, a man threw two grenades and opened fire at the school. The school's principal was killed, and six children were wounded.
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Pakistan's parliament makes history
Pakistan's parliament became the first since the country's founding in 1947 to complete a full term of five years. That sets the stage for elections.
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Terrorism & Security Pressure mounts on Pakistan to secure Shiites after Karachi blast
The bombing of a Shiite mosque in Karachi killed 48 and injured more than 140. Already this year, nearly 250 Shiites have been killed in Pakistan in such attacks.
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For Taliban victims, Pakistani peace talks feel like betrayal
Recently, the Pakistani government and Taliban forces in the country have expressed interest in peace talks. But for thousands of civilians who have been injured or lost a loved one at the hands of the Taliban, the idea is abhorrent.
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Pakistan anger grows after sectarian terrorist attack kills 81
After the latest bomb by a Sunni militant group killed dozens of Pakistan's minority Shiites in western Pakistan accusations the government is turning a blind eye rang out.
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Global News Blog Good Reads: A family in isolation, Pakistan's difficult present, Africa's biggest game
This week's good reads includes a profile of a Russian family that lived in isolation for 40 years, a young professor's return to Pakistan from the United States after 13 years, and efforts to end big game hunting in Africa.
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Latin America Monitor Where's the most expensive McDonald's Big Mac in the world?
Clue: It's also homeplace of the world's cheapest gas.
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Protests spread in Pakistan over Shiite killings
Minority leaders and even mainstream politicians are growing more bold in calling on the country's military to crack down on anti-Shiite militants.
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Change Agent Former Islamist seeks to turn the tide of religious extremism in Pakistan
Maajid Nawaz has founded Khudi, the first social movement in Pakistan to challenge extremist religious ideas and instead promote democratic culture among youths.
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Pakistan polio vaccination workers targeted in more killings, UN responds
After three more people were shot in Pakistan today, the United Nations in Pakistan has pulled all staff involved in its polio vaccination campaign off the streets.
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Five women shot dead in Pakistan for fighting polio
Five female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been shot dead in Pakistan as Islamic militants raise suspicions about immunization efforts.
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Taliban attack on Pakistani airport highlights changed tactics
Ten men from the Pakistani Taliban attacked the international airport in Peshawar last night. Six people were killed after a stand-off between the militants and Pakistani forces.
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Global water crisis: Seen from the first Himalayan glacial trickle
Global water crisis: Reporter William Wheeler talks about water stress from the effects of climate change high in the Himalayas where India and Pakistan's great rivers start to Haiti's fresh-water pollution.
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Taliban attack against Pakistani Shiites kills six, injures 90
The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted a procession of Muslim Shiites observing a religious holiday. Since Wednesday, at least 31 Pakistanis have died in attacks claimed by the Taliban.
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Pakistan frees Taliban prisoners to jumpstart peace process?
Pakistan's release of the prisoners may signal greater willingness to help Afghanistan peace talks.
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Pakistani Taliban claim suicide attack on Karachi barracks
Three Pakistani soldiers were killed and 20 more injured when a suicide bomber drove an explosive-packed truck into a paramilitary compound.
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Pakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US
The news that the Taliban shot 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai for speaking out against them has sparked debate that highlights a major division in Pakistan.
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Malala Yousafzai airlifted to Britain for treatment (+video)
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old activist shot by the Taliban, has been flown from Pakistan to the United Kingdom for specialized medical care.
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The Malala moment: Tens of thousands rally in Pakistan for girl shot by Taliban
Until today, protests against the Taliban shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai had not approached the scale of previous marches against blasphemy and US drones.
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