Taliban Claim Pakistan Bomb Attack
New York Times – United States
By SALMAN MASOOD AND MARK McDONALD LAHORE, Pakistan — Hours after the Pakistani government placed bounties on 21 insurgency leaders it has blamed for a bomb …
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?hp

Taliban claim Pakistan attack to avenge offensive
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Lahore to avenge a military offensive in the …
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Shoaib Akhtar Unwanted by PCB, says Akram
Cricket360 – Clearwater,FL,USA
Pakistan must be itching to get back to the cricketing world and the occasion is just a week away when the Twenty20 World Cup rolls in, in England from 05 …
www.cricket360.com/2394-shoaib-
akhtar-unwanted-by-pcb-says-akram.html

Pakistan Taliban claims Lahore attack
Reuters – USA
By Alamgir Bitani PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 28 (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide gun and bomb attack in the city …
www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSISL407647

Pakistan bounties for Swat leaders
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Pakistan has offered a cash reward of tens of thousands of dollars for the arrest of Maulana Fazlullah, the Islamic religious leader said to be behind of …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095285589430557.html

Pakistan offers rewards for Swat Taliban leaders
The Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The government announced bounties Thursday for 21 leaders of Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan, after saying that a massive …
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Obama aide: Too soon to say if Afghan plan working
Reuters – USA
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – It is too soon to gauge results of the revamped US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, but its prospects …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN28289065

Amnesty targets Pakistan and SLanka rights records
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — The conflicts in Sri Lanka and Pakistan have added to human rights abuses in Asia this year, Amnesty International said in its annual report. …
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Death toll from Pakistan suicide bombing at 30; 250 wounded
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP A suicide squad using guns, grenades and a van packed with explosives targeted police and Pakistan’s intelligence agency, killing 30 and wounding 250 …
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Officers describe deadly Pakistan attack
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Alex Rodriguez Reporting from Lahore, Pakistan — Officers guarding Pakistani police and intelligence agencies saw the gunmen jump out of the white van …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
pakistan-bombing28-2009may28,0,57583.story

Taliban blamed for Lahore Pakistan bombing
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Deadly bombing in Pakistan may be payback for military offensive …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspected Islamic terrorists killed about 30 people and injured more than 250 Wednesday in a gun and vehicle-bomb attack in the eastern city of Lahore that may be the first major reprisal for Pakistan’s military …
www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/68955.html

In Asia “ Blog Archive “ At the India-Pakistan Border: History …
By admin
Each day, from sunup to sundown, at the Wagah border gate between India and Pakistan, the complex, intertwined, and still painful histories of these neighboring countries are replayed in scenes of joy, reunion, patriotism, belligerence, …
asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2009/05/27/at-the
-india-pakistan-border-history-replayed-daily/

Democratic Senators Visit Pakistan, Receive Assurances on …
By senatus
The day before the first Senate delegation arrived, Zardari sat down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Tehran, a summit that came after Pakistan and Iran inked an agreement on the …
senatus.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/democratic-senators-
visit-pakistan-receive-assurances-on-terrorist-fight/

Turning Point in Pakistan? “ The Foundry
By Lisa Curtis
Today’s bombing in Lahore – the third major terrorist attack in Pakistan’s cultural capital this year – is likely retaliation for the Pakistan military’s recent operations in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). …
blog.heritage.org/2009/05/27/turning-point-in-pakistan/