BB’s Initial autopsy report‏

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Bhutto heir takes centre stage

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari faced 150 international journalists

Bhutto’s privacy plea

Twelve days ago, Bilawal Zardari was a young man of 19 contemplating the academic and social uncertainties of his second term as a student at Oxford University.The bullets and bombs that caused his mother’s death as she left her Rawalpindi election rally created an instant new [...]

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Sticks and stones

India versus Australia is modern cricket’s premier rivalry.It is a contest between two teams, which have zeal, passion, intensity and skill. And in ‘spectacles’ of this nature, played by gladiators in coliseums, which house thousands, ideals of ethics, sportsmanship and spirit of camaraderie among rival actors will often take a back seat.
On day three at [...]

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Golden Globes? Yes. Stars? Maybe

Writer Steven Katz passes out flyers in front of NBC studios January 7, 2008 in New York City.
Spencer Platt / Getty

No need to dry-clean your tuxes, George and Denzel. Thanks to the Hollywood writers’ strike, Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards has shrunk from the usual celebrity bacchanal of red carpet, dinner, ceremony and after-parties to a [...]

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The Debate Over How and How Long

WASHINGTON — If President Bush becomes convinced the economy is indeed headed toward a recession, he is likely to respond much as he did on entering office in 2001 with the economy on the verge of a downturn: lower tax rates for people at all income levels and provide tax breaks for businesses.
But this time [...]

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Pakistan Tourism: Still Trying

The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, one of the country’s most beautiful destinations.
Charles Bowman / Alamy

The young man at the airport approached me with a nervous smile and a hint of hesitation. He was from the Ministry of Tourism, he explained. Would I be so kind as to fill out a survey on my stay [...]

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Behind the US-Iran Gulf Confrontation

The USS Port Royal, one of three Navy ships that were harassed by five Iranian fast boats.
Zack Baddorf / US Navy/ Reuters

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The only good thing about the recent mess in Pakistan is that it kept a worse mess out of the news: Iran. But that was never going [...]

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