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Pakistan Arrests Al Qaeda Terrorist

A Pakistani official says an Al Qaeda terrorist has been arrested in connection with a suicide bomb attack that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last October.Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz says Qari Saifullah Akhtar was involved in... ...full story at China Confidential

from China Confidential on Tue, Feb 26 2008

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09 Feb 08 visit Nuclear Pakistan Denies Binladen, Mullah Omar Operating in Tribal Areas, as Suicide Bombers Strike  »  China Confidential Foreign Confidential....The news from nuclear-armed Pakistan is all bad.A suicide blast at an election rally Saturday killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 25 others in northwestern Pakistan.Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz sid a suicide...
28 Dec 07 visit China expresses condolences for Bhutto at Pakistani embassy  »  People's Daily Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on Friday went to the Pakistani embassy in Beijing to express China's condolences for the death of Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, and chairman of the Pakistan ...
28 Dec 07 visit China condemns killing of Pakistan's opposition leader  »  People's Daily Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday that China was shocked at the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and strongly condemns the terrorist attack. "We also ext ...
19 Oct 07 visit China condemns bomb attack in Pakistan  »  People's Daily China on Friday condemns the bomb attacks on a convoy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the southern port city of Karachi. "China sternly condemned the explosion. We hope Pakistan will maintain social stability," said ...
29 Dec 07 visit Rest in Peace Benazir Bhutto  »  Shanghaiist The Chinese government has sent its message of condolence to Pakistan over the assassination and death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto two weeks before its national elections. Shortly after a rally, Bhutto was shot in the neck and chest by her...

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