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Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

Jonas Oransky — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:13:03 CDT

President Bush will ask Congress tomorrow to remove North Korea from the “terrorist watch list,” reports Steve Clemons in the Washington Note, a move meant to build confidence with Kim Jong-Il and China in the quest to bring the North back from its nuclear pariah status. In return, reports the...

Bush Push for Musharraf Angers Pakistan

Jason Farago — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:07:10 CST

His political future might be in doubt, but Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is still receiving forceful backing from the Bush administration after his party's drubbing in parliamentary elections—and it's angering Pakistanis, reports the New York Times . "I’ve never seen such an irrational, impractical move on the part of the...

Waterboarding Returns to Spotlight

Lucas Laursen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:30:01 CST

American interrogators' tactics included waterboarding sometime before 2005, but the tactic "has not been used in years," the ex-director of national intelligence says. John Negroponte's acknowledgment, the most definitive confirmation yet of the Bush administration's use of waterboarding, comes as Michael Mukasey prepares to return to Capitol Hill to address...

Pakistan Rebuffs US Demands

Peter Fearon — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:00:00 CST

Alarmed at the deteriorating crisis in Pakistan, the US has made it clear it will not recognize the results of elections held under emergency rule. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, on a special mission to Pakistan, failed to convince President Musharraf to free political prisoners, resign as army commander...

Musharraf Won't Budge for US

Wesley Oliver — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:29:18 CST

In a face-to-face meeting today with a top American diplomat, Pervez Musharraf remained tightlipped when pressed on when he would end emergency rule in Pakistan. Musharraf told John Negroponte he would cease martial law when security improves in the country, but his resistance is winning him few fans in Pakistan...

Pakistan Ends Bhutto Detention

John Johnson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:29:47 CST

Benazir Bhutto has been released from house arrest and her detention orders withdrawn just hours before Pakistan's President Perzez Musharraf swears in an interim government of his choosing and a US diplomat arrives for talks, Reuters reports. "She is free to move wherever she likes," said a police official. Bhutto...

Musharraf Says Edict Protects Elections

Jonas Oransky — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:51:06 CST

Pervez Musharraf defended his 10-day-old emergency rule today, rejecting the US demand to lift it quickly and saying the edict is meant to protect elections. In a Times interview, Pakistan’s president said, “I don’t know, I don’t know” when asked the duration of the suspension of the constitution and the...

Seoul Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban

Neal Colgrass — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:06:56 CDT

South Korean delegates arrived in Afghanistan today to press for an end to the 2-week hostage crisis that has left two dead, Reuters reports. Seoul has asked for direct talks with the Taliban, which continues to hold 21 church workers, most of them women. But South Korea is powerless to...

Sudan OKs U.N. Peacekeepers

Olivia Gage — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:26:44 CDT

Sudan agreed to allow 3,000 U.N. peacekeepers into its devastated Darfur region yesterday, but American and British officials were quick to say that it's not enough to stem genocide. They're calling for a force of 17,000 to 20,000, as agreed to in a peace accord signed...