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The people in Pakistan elected a new leader, but Bush is trying to pressure the country into keeping Musharraf in power: The Bush administration is pressing the opposition leaders who defeated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to allow the former general to retain his position, a move that Western diplomats and U.S. officials say could trigger […]

The Financial Times reports: General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, urged the US on Monday to resolve a growing dispute with neighbouring Afghanistan over the location of Taliban dissidents who Kabul says have taken refuge on Pakistani soil. In unusually tough remarks, Gen Musharraf said Pakistan would use a visit to Islamabad on Wednesday by […]