Pakistan

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in UK for care

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) – A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her from follow-up attacks threatened […]

2012/10/15

Clinton condemns attack on Pakistan teen activist

WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is condemning the shooting in Pakistan of an outspoken 14-year old Pakistani advocate for girls’ education. She says the attack should serve as a call to […]

2012/10/10

Gates hopes polio will be eradicated by 2018

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Software magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates, who is helping spearhead a global campaign to eradicate polio, said Thursday he hopes that by 2015 no child in the world will be paralyzed […]

2012/09/28

Clinton: Libya killings were 'terrorist attack'

WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it was a “terrorist attack” that killed the American ambassador to Libya and three others, and she says the U.S. will not rest until those […]

2012/09/21

15 killed in anti-Islam-film protests in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistani officials say at least 15 people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in clashes between police and people protesting a film that denigrates Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Officials at […]

2012/09/21

US spends $70k on ads denouncing anti-Islam film

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is trying to tamp down public anger in Pakistan over the anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. The American embassy in Islamabad is spending $70,000 to run an ad […]

2012/09/20

US government apparently trying to distance itself from anti-Islam video

ISLAMABAD (AP) – The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan appears to be trying to undercut the anger being aimed against the United States as a result of an anti-Islam video. Advertisements condemning that video have appeared […]

2012/09/20

2,000 protestors continue in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Riot police and army troops in Pakistan’s capital have been trying to keep more than 2,000 demonstrators out of the area where the U.S. Embassy is located. The State Department is warning […]

2012/09/20

UN backs shaming of those who use child soldiers

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday backed a resolution calling for the naming and shaming of governments and armed groups that recruit, kill or sexually attack children in armed conflicts. The […]

2012/09/19

Al-Qaida leader confirms June death of No. 2

CAIRO (AP) – The leader of al-Qaida has confirmed the death of the group’s second-in-command in a U.S. drone strike in June. In a video posted late Monday on militant websites, al-Qaida chief Ayman Al-Zawahri […]

2012/09/11

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