pajamasmedia.com - 12/8/2008
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The Times of India reports that US policy makers are having second thoughts about whether Pakistan is in the main, friend and not foe.
The United States is dusting off a long-discarded proposal to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. But with the Bush administration now in its final ...
timesonline.co.uk - 12/8/2008
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timesonline.co.uk —
Pakistani security forces have raided a suspected training
camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed
for last month's attack on Mumbai, and arrested several of the group's activists, government officials said today. One official ...
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'Mumbai (Bombay) mastermind' arrested in Pakistan
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/8/2008
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While you were watching football this morning and
afternoon President-elect Barack Obama had a busy day, though
part of it was pre-recorded on Saturday. We have three news videos below, plus the transcript of Obama's Sunday morning interview on ...
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Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/9/2008
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From a statement from US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald...
Blagojevich was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps during the last
month conspiring to sell or trade Illinois' U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and ...
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Blagojevich Charged With Selling Obama's Senate Seat, ...
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