longwarjournal.org - 12/5/2008
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Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts (the military said Shangla was under Taliban control in October); purple districts are under de facto Taliban control; yellow regions are under ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept.
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 12/5/2008
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com —
New Delhi: The US leadership has asked Pakistan
to ban the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the renamed political wing of
Lashkar-e-Taiba, immediately and take action against Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the head of the organization. This would count as an immediate ...
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Rice urges 'robust' Pakistani response to Mumbai ...
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