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...PASSED. A BILL permitting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to remain the head of the country's military, a position he promised to relinquish last November; by the lower house of the National Assembly; in Islamabad. The bill was approved by a 190-107 vote, with proponents saying it would bring stability to the country and opponents complaining it would cement the military's dominance of Pakistani politics. The bill is expected to be passed by the Senate...
...ally, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. On Oct. 9, as Mesud later told the press, he ordered his men to kidnap two Chinese engineers working on a dam site near the Afghan border. China and Pakistan have close diplomatic and economic ties, and the engineers' capture caused embarrassment in Islamabad and anguish in Beijing. In exchange for his hostages' freedom, Mesud demanded the release of dozens of Islamic militants arrested in a seven-month Pakistani army sweep along the Afghan border...
...that rather than risk satellite-phone communication that can be pinpointed by U.S. eavesdroppers, bin Laden relies on a string of runners to carry his notes or recordings from his redoubts. Those audiotapes and videotapes reach news agencies in the Pakistani border city of Peshawar or the capital, Islamabad, strengthening the U.S. view that he's in Pakistan. Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's second-in-command, also believed to be in the area, released such a tape last week, beseeching young Muslims to rally to his cause "if we are killed or captured...
...Pakistani troops courageously battling 200 al-Qaeda guys to a standstill." As for bin Laden, he is still the figurehead, the most potent symbol of Islamic terrorism. And he still tops America's most-wanted list. --By Tim McGirk/ Kabul. With reporting by Syed Talat Hussain/ Islamabad and Timothy J. Burger/ Washington
...Jyoti Thottam. Reported by Perry Bacon Jr. with Kerry, Massimo Calabresi and Douglas Waller/Washington, Matthew Forney/Beijing, Ghulam Hasnain/ Islamabad, Donald Macintyre/Seoul, Tim McGirk/Kabul and Yuri Zarakhovich/ Moscow