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...Kabul, police arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned to blow up the heavily fortified U.S. embassy, which is used by the international peacekeeping force. "The Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan," says Abdul Raziq, an allied Afghan commander. "But now they're heading back." --By Tim McGirk...
...plot and Pearl's executioner. Until the Pakistani Supreme Court rules on Saeed's appeal, say police, it is doubtful that kidnapping charges will be brought against Karim, who is in custody. Meanwhile, the search is on for Mohammed, who investigators think is still hiding in Pakistan. --By Tim McGirk...
...allowed back into Pakistan after two years to resume politics. In the end, losing ppp candidate Shah Mahmood Quereshi has alleged publicly, Musharraf turned to simpler tactics: using threats and bribes to persuade a few of Bhutto's assemblymen to switch loyalties and vote for Jamali. --By Tim McGirk...
...TIME correspondent in Mexico, India, Pakistan and other countries where rogue germs abound, Tim McGirk has had his share of firsthand epidemiological experience. But dengue fever holds a special, painful place in his memory. "There's a reason they call it break-bone fever," says McGirk, who contracted the virus in New Delhi and suffered for three weeks. "You feel like there's this deep, painful itching happening inside your bones. You're on this horrible roller-coaster ride of hot spells and chills, like you're being shaken around. It just racks your body...
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