Musharraf Resigns as Pakistan President
President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation ending a nine year rule amid calls for impeachment. He said his move aimed to spare Pakistan a dangerous power struggle while pledging to defend his record. He left the presidency amid celebrations and unresolved questions about his exile and who will lead Pakistan next.
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Pakistan
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Musharraf
U.S
National Assembly
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Asif Ali Zardari
Nawaz Sharif
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Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Sherry Rehman
Press Information Department
Bibles Confiscated From Christian Group at Kunming Airport
A Vision Beyond Borders team, with more than 300 Bibles, refused to leave Kunming airport after customs seized the printed Chinese Bibles. Leader Pat Klein said authorities would allow only one Bible per person for personal use, while the group waited for English translations of the regulations.
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China
Kunming
Pat Klein
Vision Beyond Borders
Klein
Sheridan
Wyoming
Christian Association
Communist Party
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Attacks threaten Afghan Independence Day celebrations
U S forces warned of credible intelligence that militants plan attacks during Afghanistan independence events. A suicide blast near a U S base killed nine Afghan laborers as security forces tightened measures ahead of the 89th anniversary activities. UN staff were told to work from home amid heightened security.
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Afghanistan
U.S
Jeffrey J. Schloesser
Khost
Arsallah Jamal
NATO
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Aleem Siddique
Britain
Mohammad Zahir Azimi
Afghan Defense Ministry
Hamid Karzai
Karzai
Taliban
Interior Ministry
Zemarai Bashary
Russians begin troop withdrawal from Georgia conflict zone
Russia announced that forces and reinforcements have begun withdrawing from the Georgia conflict area under the EU brokered cease fire. Col General Anatoly Nogovitsyn said troops are leaving Gori and pulling back toward South Ossetia and a 1999 joint control commission security zone.
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Georgia
Russia
Moscow
Anatoly Nogovitsyn
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Eduard Kokoity
Medvedev
Mikhail Saakashvili
Nogovitsyn
Joint Control Commission
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