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Page last updated at 04:28 GMT, Friday, 22 August 2008 05:28 UK

Pakistan People’s Party leaders Asif Ali Zardari (L) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (C) and ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday 19 August 2008
Crunch talks for Pakistan leaders
Senior politicians are due to meet in Pakistan to try to resolve disputes which threaten to break up the coalition government.
Pakistan's spiral of violence
In pictures: Factory bombings
Q&A: Pakistan after Musharraf

Canadian soldier in Afghanistan Six dead in fresh Afghan attack
Three Canadian and three Polish Nato soldiers are killed in the latest fighting in Afghanistan, officials say.

India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, located 30km from Mumbai (Bombay) India nuclear deal scrutinised
A group of nations that regulates civilian nuclear trade discusses whether India can trade in sensitive nuclear materials.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Coffins of militants in Pakistan Spiral of violence
Pakistani bombings reflect Taleban's growing strength
A victory sign after Pervez Musharraf's resignation 'Last chance'
Journalist Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan after Musharraf
Stone mason Mohammad Sadiq Vexed villagers
Pakistan's rural workers hope for better times ahead

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