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Taliban suspected in Islamabad hotel blast
Pakistani and US intelligence officials said Saturday's bomb explosion in Islamabad, which left at least 53 dead and hundreds more wounded, bore the marks of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
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FRANCE 24 journalists present a daily round-up of the world's newspapers.
PAKISTAN
Islamabad in shock after Marriott suicide attack
A suicide truck bomber exploded just outside Islamabad's Marriott Hotel in Pakistan on Saturday killing up to 60 people - including the Czech ambassador - and injuring at least 200. It also sparked a fire that gutted the building.
PAKISTAN - ATTACK
Deadly blast outside Islamabad's Marriott Hotel
A bomb exploded outside of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad's city center on Saturday, in an apparent suicide attack that killed at least 60 people and started a fire which ravaged the building.
PAKISTAN - POLITICS
Zardari: Pakistan's sovereignty is sacred
Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, made his first parliamentary address on Saturday, asking parliament to reduce his power. He also said Pakistan's sovereignty would not be threatened over foreign anti-terrorism measures.
PAKISTAN - USA
Bush, Zardari to meet amid tensions over US air raids
As tensions between Washington and Islamabad continue over alleged US air raids on Pakistani territory, US President George W. Bush and Pakistan's newly elected Asif Ali Zardari are to meet in New York Tuesday.
PAKISTAN
Casualties in Pakistan after suspected US air strike
A suspected US air strike on Wednesday killed at least five people in a Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border, just hours after US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen reiterated Washington's respect for the sovereignty of Pakistan.
PAKISTAN
US-led troops are chased out of Pakistani border
US-led coalition troops based in Afghanistan tried to cross into Pakistani tribal area South Waziristan in helicopters but were repelled after warning shots were fired, according to Pakistani officials. It is unclear who led the anti-US offensive.
15/09/2008 - TOP STORY

US-Pakistan: tensions mount

The USA views the war in the tribal areas of north Pakistan as vital to combatting the Taliban. Tension is increasing between the two nations as unilateral intervention begins.
THE WEEK IN ASIA
Afghan tribe resists the Taliban
This Week in Asia takes a closer look at the Arbakais, an Afghan tribe resisting the Taliban; the political vacuum in Thailand and; the new Pakistani president's personality.
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