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Pakistan urges India to stand down troops

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan urged India on Tuesday to reduce tension by deactivating its forward air bases and standing down troops, but New Delhi angrily rejected suggestions it was aggravating tension with its nuclear-armed rival. ...  > full story

Islamabad hotel reopens three months after blast

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad reopened Sunday just over three months after it was virtually destroyed in a suicide truck-bomb attack that killed 55 people. ...  > full story

Bomb kills 30 at Pakistan polling station

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — At least 30 people were killed in a suicide car bomb blast at a polling station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, during a by-election for a provincial assembly seat, police said. ...  > full story

Pakistan says "will not act" against India

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan's president promised on Saturday to rid the country of terrorism and his prime minister said the military would not take action first in any face-off with India. ...  > full story

U.N.'s Ban sees Bhutto inquiry in near future

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes a U.N. inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto can be set up in the near future, the United Nations said on Friday. ...  > full story

Pakistan cancels army leave as India tensions rise

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan canceled army leave and redeployed some troops Friday in a sign of rising tension with India. ...  > full story

Pakistan parliament urges India to accept help offer

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan's parliament called on India on Wednesday to respond positively to Pakistani offers of cooperation in investigating the Mumbai attacks and condemned "war hype" between the nuclear-armed neighbors. ...  > full story

U.S. seeks to ease India-Pakistan tension

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Dec. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. military officer has sought to defuse tension between Pakistan and India while New Delhi asked Islamabad on Tuesday to avoid "war hysteria" and act to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. ...  > full story

Suspected U.S. drones kill 7 in Pakistan: agents

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Suspected U.S. drones fired at least two missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday, killing seven people, intelligence agency officials and residents said. ...  > full story

India says Pakistan shifting blame over Mumbai

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — India accused Pakistan on Monday of trying to shift blame for the Mumbai attacks and demanded it do more to dismantle militant networks, while a top U.S. commander landed in Islamabad for more talks. ...  > full story
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