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Islamabad December 22, 2009 (Gulfnews.com) - Pakistan's main opposition party said on Monday it would not support any unconstitutional action against President Asif Ali Zardari or his government but warned of protests if Zardari did not give up some powers.

NEW DELHI December 22, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - India will not resume talks with Pakistan on normalizing bilateral relations until those responsible for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai are brought to justice, a senior Indian diplomat said on Tuesday.

December 21, 2009 (The Guardian UK) - American special forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region where Washington is pressing to expand its drone assassination programme.

The latest political tensions in Pakistan, which could see key members of government ousted, threaten to unravel President Obama's Afghan strategy before it even has the chance to take root.

ISLAMABAD December 17, 2009 (Reuters) - Rumors of a Pakistan coup sparked by a government minister being barred from leaving the country were dismissed on Friday after briefly causing flutters in financial markets.

December 11, 2009 (Press TV) - Critics in Pakistan and Afghanistan have questioned the wisdom of giving a Noble Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama who is blamed for the recent surge in violence there.

December 11, 2009 (RTTNews) - A top al-Qaeda operative has been reportedly killed in a drone attack in north-west Pakistan, a US government official said Thursday.

December 9, 2009 (BBC News) - The Pakistani air force says it has acquired the first of four Awacs surveillance aircraft from Sweden to boost its air defences.

New Delhi December 9, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) - “India is in discussion with all the participating countries on Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project for import of gas,” petroleum minister Murli Deora said on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD December 9, 2009 (AKI) - Taliban militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur to remobilise and expand their operations.