Topic: Riffat Hussain
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Terrorism & Security
Pakistan will fight Aafia Siddiqui's sentencing in US
Pakistan's prime minister announced Friday that he will work for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman convicted of attempted murder by the US and believed to have ties to Al Qaeda.
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Pakistanis protest US conviction of 'Lady Al Qaeda'
Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui was convicted in Manhattan for the attempted murder of US soldiers in Afghanistan. Many Pakistanis aren't happy.
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Pakistani Taliban expand influence beyond Swat
They swarmed the neighboring district of Buner and secured the right to preach in mosques there.
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For Pakistan's Swat residents, uneasy calm
A tenuous cease-fire has halted Taliban-Army fighting, as negotiations for a permanent deal continue.
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Terrorism & Security
Taliban extends cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley
The move came shortly after a Taliban group in the nearby Bajur region declared a unilateral cease-fire.
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