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World Briefs: Karzai praises Pakistan for releasing Taliban prisoners

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks Aug. 22, 1998, during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Haqqani Network talks peace but continues attacks in Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

People injured in an explosion lie at a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Nov. 8, 2012. A suicide bomber smashed a truck packed with explosives into housing for a paramilitary force protecting Pakistan’s largest city, killing at least one person, officials said. (Associated Press)

Suicide bomber kills 3 Pakistani troops in Karachi

By Adil Jawad - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s listing of an operative of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a “specially designated global terrorist” is the first such listing since September. (Associated Press)

Pakistani added to terrorism blacklist

By Ashish Kumar Sen the washington times - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks Nov. 1, 2012, to the Albanian Parliament in Tirana, Albania. (Associated Press)

Clinton designates Haqqani commander as a terrorist

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Malala Yousufzai sits in her hospital bed as her father, Ziauddin (second from right), accompanied by her two younger brothers, Atal (right) and Khushal, sit by, in this undated photo issued by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. The 15-year-old Pakistani girl, who was shot in the head Oct. 9 in Pakistan by the Taliban, is recovering at the Birmingham hospital, where she was flown for treatment and protection from Taliban threats. (Associated Press/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham)

Shot Pakistani girl’s father happy for ‘miracle’

By Cassandra Vinograd - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of international forces in Afghanistan, says al Qaeda has re-emerged. He says it doesn’t need a large presence to be influential. (The Associated Press)

Al Qaeda tries Afghan comeback; U.S. commanders worried

By Robert Burns and Deb Riechmann - The Washington Times

Bob Schieffer (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Questions and answers on third presidential debate

By Larry Margasak - Associated Press

Three British Muslim men — (from left) Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali — went on trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, accused of plotting a bombing campaign that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks. (AP Photo/West Midlands Police)

3 Britons go on trial over alleged terror plot

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai, 15, recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being attacked and shot in the head Oct. 9, 2012, by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. (Associated Press/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)

Doctors say shot Pakistani girl improving

By Robert Barr - Associated Press

Pakistani soldiers patrol in the Pakistani tribal area of Ditta Kheil in North Waziristan. Leaders and opinion makers are divided over whether the government should respond by targeting the militants’ last major sanctuary along the Afghan border. (The Associated Press)

Pakistanis divided on army offensive after Taliban attack

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Malala Yousufzai, 14, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, is transferred Oct. 15, 2012, from a plane aboard a stretcher as she arrives at Birmingham Airport in England. Yousufzai will receive specialist medical care by doctors and nurses who are specialists in helping British soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq, after she was shot on a bus in front of her friends for promoting girls' education and criticizing militants. (Associated Press/David Jones)

Shot Pakistani girl responding well to treatment

By Martin Benedyk and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Pakistani army doctors and medical staff transport 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot Tuesday by the Taliban, from a military hospital to the airport in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, for an airlift to England. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in U.K. for care

By Martin Benedyk and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

World Briefs: Scots move closer to independence vote

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pakistani Christians pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot Tuesday by a Taliban gunman for speaking out in support of education for women, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Thousands rally for Pakistani girl shot by Taliban

By Adil Jawad and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

A U.S. Predator drone (Associated Press)

U.S. drone strike kills 16 militants in Pakistan

By Hussain Afzal - Associated Press

Briefly: Amnesty International says forced evictions rising in China

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Wounded Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, 14, is moved to a helicopter in Mingora, in Pakistan's Swat Valley, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, to be flown to Peshawar for treatment. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

Taliban attack Pakistani teenage female activist

By Sherin Zada - Associated Press

Pakistani troops carry an injured Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, from a helicopter to a hospital Tuesday in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for a gunman’s attack on the teen, who has championed the education of girls. (Associated Press)

Pro-education Pakistani girl, 14, shot by Taliban assailant

By Sherin Zada - Associated Press

WHO: ‘Brain-eating amoeba’ kills 10 in Pakistan

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press