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Was the U.S. government planning to sweep Manuel Noriega out of the country in the dead of night? The ex-dictator of Panama's defense attorneys on Wednesday morning filed an emergency motion to stay his extradition to France, citing plans to move the prisoner three days ahead of his...
By reputation, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is said to have a fondness for foreign movies. It may be a decent bet that Groundhog Day - the goofy 1993 film in which Bill Murray relives the same day over and over again - is among them. The difference is, Murray does...
Partly for this reason, there's no guarantee that Musharraf and Bhutto would win enough votes to control the next Parliament. Eight years of military rule have left Pakistanis frustrated and angry. Many now see Musharraf as little more than a U.S. stooge. Meanwhile, support for Bhutto's party, the...
The ruling challenges Musharraf in a couple of ways. First, it shows the strength and independence of the Supreme Court, which may prove Musharraf's most formidable opponent in the coming weeks. When he tried, in March, to dismiss Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on allegations of misconduct, the move...
The new development could spell trouble for Washington, which has strongly backed Musharraf since 9/11, and has lately supported the idea of an alliance between him and Benazir Bhutto as widening the base of a moderate center. Sharif's return would give Pakistanis angry with Musharraf an easy way to...