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...books. Our 1,090-word story had 657 words of Rowan's story and 433 words taken from e-mailed comments on the Fox News website. So her calculation that much of our report was based on e-mailed comments is also wrong. It is the duty of the Pakistani press to keep its readers informed of all conspiracy theories cooked up or published in the Western media, just to keep them alert and to counter such propaganda. If our story unleashed "hysterical discussions" on TV chat shows, as alleged by Baker, that was the main purpose in publishing...
...Though there are some very good publications in Pakistan, those are few and far between. The average Pakistani sees the ghost of India or the West in any tragedy that befalls the country. The average newspaper, by reinforcing those beliefs, provides an escape from dealing with the real problems and issues confronting Pakistan today. This is the real tragedy. Reggie Albuquerque, Willeton, Australia
Iranian state television yesterday broadcast the soap operas and covered the news about Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from Wimbledon and Pakistani operations against the Taliban as if they were the most important stories in the world. Meanwhile, arriving over the Internet transom, rough and insistent and bloody, were the tiny electronic dispatches from protesters forced off the streets in Tehran, shaky videos from a city screaming for help. For outsiders tuned in to the blog posts, Facebook updates, Tweets and YouTube videos, the torrent of information was compelling and confusing, emotional and rife with rumors, full of sound and fury...
...rights lawyers expired. The annual renewal is generally considered a formality - a matter of filling out forms and paying a fee. But this year Li and other top human-rights lawyers were shut out. They say they are being punished for simply doing their jobs. (See pictures of the Pakistani lawyers' movement...
...fired missiles near Makeen, Mehsud's hometown. Five suspected militants were killed. It was the 20th such strike this year. Since February, the U.S. has stepped up attacks on Mehsud and his allies, broadening its range of drone targets across the tribal belt. The day before the drone strike, Pakistani air-force jets were pounding the same area in retaliation for the recent terrorist attacks in the northwest and Lahore. "Pakistan and the U.S. and NATO troops will have to cooperate with each other," says Askari-Rizvi. "If the army goes in with full force, some of the militants will...