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Join T2A Chat Monday, 26 Nov at 1630 UTC, to participate in a live online chat about the political crisis in Pakistan with VOA reporter Barry Newhouse and scientist Hassan Abbas. And find in depth coverage of  Pakistan in Crisis in a special report on our website. 

 

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, waves to his supporters at Lahore airport in Pakistan, after his return from exile on Sunday, 25 Nov. 2007 Former Pakistani PM Receives Boisterous Homecoming Celebration
Mr. Sharif demanded restoration of the democracy and for the country's deposed Supreme Court justices to be reinstated

NATO Forces Kill 65 Taliban in Afghanistan
Afghan interior ministry said Sunday that the Taliban rebels were smuggling weapons on horses and two cars in the province of Paktia, when NATO and Afghan forces engaged them and called in air support

pool UN NY syria Faysaal Mekdad 19aug03 150.jpg Syrian Government to Attend Mideast Peace Conference
Damascus said Sunday that it is sending Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad to Tuesday's conference

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (file photo) Former US Commander Criticizes Bush on Iraq  Audio Clip Available
Retired Army Lieutenant Gen. Ricardo Sanchez says President Bush's strategy failing because it relies too much on military force and not enough on political reconciliation

Iraq Iraq's Parliament Begins Discussing Bill on Former Baathists
It is the first time this year that Iraq's parliament has debated a major bill that Washington hopes will promote reconciliation among Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds

Police officers wearing masks and camouflage disperse an opposition rally in Nazran, in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, 24 Nov 2007 Russian Police Detain 100 Opposition Protesters in St. Petersburg
Activists holding white flowers march towards the city center to rally against President Vladimir Putin despite the government ban

Australia's newly-elected PM Kevin Rudd listens to a question during a press conference after winning the federal election in Brisbane, 25 Nov 2007 Labor Win Heralds New Political Era in Australia  Audio Clip Available
New PM Kevin Rudd wants to maintain good relations with Australia's neighbors and its allies 

Ethnic Indians chant slogans as they are sprayed water by riot police during a street protest in Kuala Lumpur, 25 Nov 2007 Thousands of Malaysian Indians Protest Discrimination  Audio Clip Available
Police used tear gas, chemical-laced water cannons to disperse protesters

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York (File Photo) US to Double Aid to Ethiopia's Ogaden
US Agency for International Development Administrator discussed rush of increased aid of $45 million with Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands with Commonwealth leaders during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala, 23 Nov 2007 Commonwealth Nations Debate Climate Change
Members gravely concerned, unable to agree on a plan that would require members to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions

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