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Monitoring group expects Bin Laden’s message
on Iraq
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WASHINGTON: The head of the al-Qaeda network, Osama bin Laden, is
expected to release a taped message on Iraq, a group monitoring
extremist online forums said Thursday.
The 56-minute tape by the hunted militant is
addressed to Iraq and an extremist organization based there, the
Islamic State of Iraq, said the US-based SITE monitoring institute,
citing announcements on “jihadist forums.”
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Mob torches Pakistan Muslim League-Q office
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A mob ransacked and then torched the office of a
progovernment party in northwest Pakistan on Friday, as anger boiled
over after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Sharif says Musharraf must resign
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ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said he
would boycott elections and called on President Pervez Musharraf to
resign to “save” the country after Benazir Bhutto’s
assassination.
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Taiwan court clears Ma
Ying-jeou of corruption
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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s High Court cleared opposition leader and
presidential favorite Ma Ying-jeou of corruption Friday in a
high-profile ruling that frees him to stand in the March vote.
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SEOUL: Parliament voted Friday to extend the deployment of South
Korean troops in Iraq for one more year, a spokesman for the
National Assembly said.
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