May 092013
Pakistani Women Still Struggle For A Voice In Politics
Flags of the competing political parties whip in the wind of seaside Karachi. But little else is stirring in this city of 18 million this day. The MQM, a leading political party in the megacity, has shut Karachi down with a general strike in response …
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Politics this week
Barack Obama was obliged to break a two-year silence over the fate of the inmates at Guantánamo Bay, after around 100 of the remaining 166 prisoners started a hunger strike and some were force fed. Neither Barack Obama nor Congress has dealt with …
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