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Protests in Pakistan delay release of Christian woman

November 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Supporters a Pakistani religious party rally to condemn a Supreme Court decision that acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, who spent eight years on death row accused of blasphemy, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The release of Bibi was apparently delayed Friday after talks failed between the government and radical Islamists who want her publicly hanged. Placards read: 'release of blasphemous Asia is unacceptable.' (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Things you should know today: 11/2/18

November 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Protests in Pakistan delay release of Christian woman
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Pakistani swears in new senators, including Hindu woman

March 12, 2018 12:00 AM
Krishna Kumari, center, newly elected Senator of the Pakistani Hindu Community, arrives at the Parliament with her family members in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2018. Pakistan swore in newly elected members of the Senate, including for the first time a woman from the marginalized Hindu minority, as allegations swirled that some senators had bribed their way to become lawmakers. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Things you should know today: 3/12/2018

March 12, 2018 12:00 AM
Man serenades cows
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Pakistan: trading fire with India after 'unprovoked' attack

October 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Masked Kashmiri Muslims hold funeral prayers for Pakistani soldiers killed in cross border firing, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Pakistan said two of its soldiers were killed in an 'unprovoked' attack when India fired across the border of the disputed region of Kashmir, while India said it had carried out a 'surgical strike' against terrorists, in an exchange that marks an escalation in tensions between the uneasy and nuclear-armed neighbors. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Pakistan PM vows to fight terror after 70 died in Lahore

March 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016. The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack. (Associated Press)
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Pope decries vile bombing in Pakistani park on Easter

March 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Pope Francis decries what he calls the ‘’vile’’ and ‘’abominable’’ Easter Sunday bombing in a Pakistani park targeting Christians and insisting religious minorities be protected. (Associated Press)
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San Bernardino County reopens for business after attacks

December 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Mourners comfort each other at a makeshift memorial site honoring Wednesday's shooting victims Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 in San Bernardino, Calif. Thousands of employees of San Bernardino County are preparing to return to work Monday, five days after a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on a gathering of his co-workers, killing 14 people and wounding 21. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Iran blames Saudi Arabia for over 700 killed in hajj crush

September 25, 2015 12:00 AM
MINA, Saudi Arabia — Iran ratcheted up blame on archrival Saudi Arabia on Friday over the disaster at the hajj the previous day that killed more than 700 pilgrims, as Muslims solemnly resumed the final rites of the annual pilgrimage in the kingdom.
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Pakistan horrified by alleged child sex abuse blackmail ring

August 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Activists from Pakistan's Child Rights Movement, rally to condemn a child abuse scandal, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police in eastern Pakistan arrested several men accused of sexually abusing children and distributing videos of the abuse, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Worst natural disasters

May 27, 2015 12:00 AM
Natural disasters wreak havoc and ruin the lives of people both in the country affected and around the world, especially those who have friends or family in the area. Nepal is currently in a state of recovery after suffering from double earthquakes earlier this year, but it is not the only country still feeling the effects of a major catastrophe this century.
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'Tragedy of Errors: Contemporary Pakistan?'

February 06, 2015 12:00 AM
Shadman Bashir, a professor of law and international relations from Dixie State University, spoke about contemporary Pakistan at BYU on Feb. 4.
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The Arab autumn

September 24, 2012 12:00 AM
With her daughter and her friend in the backseat of her car, she felt the uneasiness that came in the wake of last week’s protests in the Middle East as she drove home on the usually peaceful streets of Bahrain. Their generally lighthearted drive home from joy school took on a heavier tone during the peak of the unrest.
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