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...government of Pakistan, and the average Pakistani citizen, looks at Iran as a friendly nation," Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Malik Amad Khan, told TIME in an interview. After Iran, Pakistan has the second largest Shi'ite Muslim population; its 33 million Shi'ites constitute nearly double the number in Iraq. Before the 1979 Islamic revolution, both countries were members of the anti-Soviet CENTO security pact, and despite the Islamic Republic's aggressive anti-U.S. stance, Pakistan became one of the first countries to recognize Ayatullah Khomeini's regime. (See the top 10 players in Iran's power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Sanctions: Why Pakistan Won't Help | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...official mission to deliver an imperial edict to Khmer King Indravarman III on behalf of the Mongol Yuan Emperor Chengzong in 1295. That was the same year that a ragged, unrecognizable Marco Polo arrived back in Venice, jewels sewn into his grimy pants, from the court of Kublai Khan - Chengzong's grandfather and predecessor, who had died the year before. Sometime in or before 1312, Zhou published A Record before fading into obscurity. (See 10 things to do in Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angkor Thom | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...According to Muntazir Khan, a policeman at the scene, two suspected gunmen were on motorbikes. They shot at the driver from the front, apparently killing him instantly. As the vehicle veered to the left side of the road, the attackers turned their guns on the minister, sitting behind blacked-out windows on the back seat. On the left side, eight bullets are punched into the window, four on the right side. The gunmen then managed to speed away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistani Minister Survives Terrorist Attack | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...They're Questioning in New Jersey: Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan says he is cutting back on trips to the U.S. after officials pulled him from a security line at Newark Liberty International Airport and questioned him for more than an hour. The incident, which prompted widespread protests in India, occurred as the Muslim actor was traveling to promote My Name Is Khan, a movie about post-9/11 racial profiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Such sentiments are standard in the Pashtun-dominated south. "The Pashtun people are the owners of this country, no one else," says Abdul Khan, 63, a tribal elder from Kandahar city. Another local Pashtun man said he would rather vote for a Hindu before Abdullah, a fellow Muslim. A second vote for Karzai would suffice, if the Taliban threats and voting controversy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tensions Rise in Post-Election Afghanistan | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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