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Old NM prison serving as backdrop to ‘Geronimo’

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (center left) talks with her Afghan counterpart, Zalmai Rasool (center right), during their meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/S. Sabawoon, Pool)

Afghan Taliban deny they’re ready to talk peace

By Kay Johnson - Associated Press

Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT - Associated Press

**FILE** Members of the lashkar, or local peace force, stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Jan. 30, 2012. A suicide bomber killed a leader of a militant group that has been fighting a rival outfit in northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, said police official Imtiaz Khan. (Associated Press)

Fighting over Pakistani mountaintop kills more than 60

By Hussain Afzal - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GORDON: Obama’s deadly new PR firm

By J.D. Gordon - The Washington Times

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Living in a democracy, but not free

By John Daniszewski ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, left, re-enlists 21 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, at sea. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Pittman)

Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Family members mourn the deaths of three men in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Three lawyers were gunned down and one was injured in an ambush by unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle, police said. The dead included a father, son and nephew. The motive is not yet known. (Associated Press)

Pakistani premier tones down criticism of army

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

** FILE ** Smoke rises after a reported NATO airstrike in Pakistan's tribal area of Mohmand, along the Afghanistan border, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Pakistan Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Pakistan rejects U.S. self-defense claim on strikes

By Sebastian Abbott - Associated Press

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U.S.: Taliban must renounce terrorist ties

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Analysts: Radical Uzbek group recruiting in Europe

By Josie Le Blond - Special to The Washington Times

Briefly: Asia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks Dec. 5, 2011, during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistani court clashes with weakened government

By Sebastian Abbot and Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani media gather Monday in Islamabad, where a hearing of a judicial commission is in session. The Supreme Court set up the panel to investigate a secret-memo scandal in response to a petition filed by a group of opposition politicians. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani must appear Thursday to explain his refusal to cooperate in the probe. (Associated Press)

Pakistani court raps prime minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

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By Wire dispatches and staff reports

** FILE ** Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is pictured in Sararogha in the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in October 2009. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

Pakistan Taliban leader reported dead in U.S. strike

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

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By Wire dispatches and staff reports

A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a newborn baby at Colvin Women's Hospital in Allahabad, India, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India marks milestone in fight against polio

By Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

India to mark milestone in fight against polio

By RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Amid crisis, Pakistan president travels to Dubai

By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press