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"Meredith was my friend, I didn't hate her. It's absurd to say that I wanted revenge on a friend who had been very kind to me." - To the court, after prosecutors called for a life sentence during closing arguments of the trial (Reuters, Nov. 22, 2009)
The targeting of schools - especially girls' and co-educational institutions - had long been restricted to the tribal belt in the northwest of the country. But the government offensive against militants in South Waziristan has changed that. A double-suicide attack on the International Islamic University in Islamabad in October sent...
The Taliban's campaign against schools, however, seems quixotic. On the one hand, the militants are well known to oppose educating girls. On the other, attacking boys' schools seems to be further alienating the populace. Not that the government has been able to capitalize on this; its tight-fisted response...
The situation's impact on the kids has been noticeable. "We've heard people say, 'My daughter didn't want to go to school today. She had a bad dream - she thinks something bad is going to happen today,' " says Huma Ali in Karachi. "Kids ... as old as my younger...
• Began playing soccer at a young age, where her style of defensive play, her parents say, earned her the nickname Foxy Knoxy. The moniker has been used by the media and prosecutors to portray Knox as a seductress.