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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Benazir Bhutto, the exiled former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), joined the fray. In a challenge to Musharraf, Bhutto was prepared to cast aside her pro-Western views and instruct her party to back the Islamic religious parties' candidate for Prime Minister, Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Musharraf moved fast. First, his aides released Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari from his hospital jail, where he had been held on charges of corruption, and allowed him to visit his dying mother in Karachi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Musharraf Wins Ugly | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...Folk tales are so wonderful because they really bridge cultures; they instruct as well as entertain. From the furthest corner of the globe, everything is accessible,” pronounces LaTeef...

Author: By Margot E. Kaminski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cronkite and the Ebony Tree | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...Instead of teaching kids to find a police officer, security guard or salesperson if they're lost and scared, instruct them to find a mom, which generally means someone with a stroller or a child in tow. Police officers and clerks are scarce when you need them, and De Becker says women are more likely than men to stop to help lost children and stay with them until they are found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Safety Rules for Kids | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...boy’s father, seeing his son’s critical state, put out a call for help over ham radio. For nine hours, Hirschman used the radio to instruct the father how to provide medical assistance—aid that helped bring the boy back from the brink of death...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saving Lives at Sea With a Wireless in Hand | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...long as John Paul II is able to speak (or write) coherently, he can fulfill his responsibility to direct the church and instruct his flock [LETTER FROM THE VATICAN, April 8]. Whether he can stand up for two hours to serve as the chief celebrant at Mass or stoop to wash 24 feet is beside the point. Ceremonial functions, while certainly important, are not an essential part of the office. So idle speculation about whether John Paul II is fit to be Pope or whether he should retire is just that: idle speculation. RON SAMUELS Studio City, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 29, 2002 | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

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