Bad times return to Karachi

Despite Karachi’s decades-old reputation as Pakistan’s most violent city, over the last year this urban economic hub has remained a haven from the bombings and violence reverberating through the rest of the country. But a flaring of ethnic clashes in recent weeks, exacerbated by a the arrival of thousands of refugees from the violence in northern Pakistan, has many worried that instability has returned to the streets of this massive port city on the ... Full Story »

Posted by Beth Tucker
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Subjects: World
Topics: Terrorism, Pakistan
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Tucker - May 6, 2009 - 8:19 AM PDT
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Edited by: Beth Tucker - May 6, 2009 - 8:19 AM PDT
Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - May. 6, 2009

A well written story that could have been written about thousands of people displaced by this insane fighting.

Where is the rest of the world? Why is it the U.S. is always the policeman? If the Taliban were to take control of Pakistan, it would be a world-wide problem, but I don't see anyone but us spending billions.

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Beth Tucker
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