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French president signs law allowing same-sex marriage

2013-05-18 12:19:00

PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after months of sometimes violent protests and the vehement opposition of the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders. The controversial...

Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic

2013-05-15 15:14:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....

Pakistan expels N.Y. Times reporter on eve of historic elections

2013-05-11 09:02:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government ordered the Islamabad bureau chief for the New York Times to leave the country on the eve of landmark parliamentary elections, according to the newspaper’s website. Declan Walsh, 39, was told...

Bombs, bullets and baby steps toward democracy in Pakistan

2013-05-10 05:00:00

Kidnappings, suicide bombings and hundreds of violent deaths have bloodied Pakistan’s campaign trail. Still, the parliamentary vote Saturday is being heralded as a milestone in the country’s democratic advancement. Once the votes are tallied...

Sword of division is poised over Iraq

2013-05-10 16:46:00

BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...

Pakistan elections: Polls open amid more violence

2013-05-10 23:29:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistanis went to the polls Saturday to elect a new parliament amid continued violence marring the historic event, as militants detonated a bomb outside a liberal, anti-Taliban party’s campaign office in the southern port...

Pakistan ex-premier's party sweeps elections

2013-05-12 18:51:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan's powerful military and is viewed by many...

In Pakistan, clamor for change propels 2 parties

2013-05-09 15:13:00

CHINIOT, Pakistan — Even from his hospital bed, with a gash in his head and three broken vertebrae from a 15-foot fall, Imran Khan stumped for votes. "I have done whatever I could do," Khan told the nation as a Pakistani television crew...

Pakistanis vote in landmark election

2013-05-11 19:52:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...

Pakistan's Sharif: Seasoned leader is seen as soft on extremists

2013-05-12 08:54:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections this weekend returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan’s powerful military and is...

Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur

2013-05-11 08:42:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...

Pakistan bombing again targets Islamist party

2013-05-07 15:20:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second day in a row, a bomb blast killed and maimed participants at a campaign rally being held by one of Pakistan's Islamist religious parties, indicating a broadening of targets in the violence that has primarily...

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, listen to him delivering a speech, during an election campaign rally, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013.

2013-05-09 22:00:00

Queen Elizabeth II leaves through the Norman Porch of the Palace of Westminster after the State Opening of Parliament on May 8, 2013 in London.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

News crews gather outside Parliament in London, where lawmakers met in a special session to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday.

2013-04-10 00:00:00