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Bhutto plans protests as Musharraf gets US
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto laid plans
Sunday for the biggest protest yet against Pervez Musharraf’s
state of emergency as the nation’s political crisis entered a
second week.
After cementing her profile as the only
opposition figure able to muster a serious threat to the president,
she was flying to the eastern city of Lahore ahead of a “long
march” to the capital Islamabad.
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Commonwealth to debate Pakistan suspension
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LONDON: Foreign ministers will debate whether Pakistan should be
suspended from the Commonwealth over President Pervez Musharraf’s
declaration of emergency rule at an extraordinary meeting Monday.
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Japan’s ruling party threatens snap election
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TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda may dissolve the lower
house of parliament and call a snap election if the opposition
passes a censure motion against him, a ruling party leader said
Sunday.
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UN rights envoy in Myanmar to see junta
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YANGON: UN human rights expert Paulo Sergio Pinheiro arrived in
Myanmar Sunday for his first visit in four years, as rights groups
urged the envoy to seize the opportunity to push the generals
towards reform.
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US to urge Georgian President lift emergency
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TBILISI: A senior US diplomat arrived in Georgia on Sunday to push
for President Mikheil Saakashvili to lift a state of emergency in
place since violent clashes on the streets of Tbilisi four days ago.
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UN chief heads to Brazil for climate change
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SAO PAULO: UN chief Ban Ki Moon will fly into tropical Brazil Sunday
to further push his campaign for world action on climate change,
after making a trip to chilly Antarctica.
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