Bomb Kills Anti-Taliban Lawmaker in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an expired amnesty covering the president and key allies. The decision launches a process that could unseat the U.S.- allied leader just as the Obama administration needs stability in Islamabad to help crack down on the Taliban.

Highlighting the dangers, a suicide bomber killed an anti- Taliban lawmaker in the Swat Valley -- the latest in a series of bombings as the army presses offensives in militant strongholds close to the Afghan border.

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Bomb Kills Anti-Taliban Lawmaker in Pakistan

President Asif Ali Zardari has been under mounting pressure to resign or relinquish key powers to the ...

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