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Pakistan's former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf (AP/Anjum Naveed)

Former president Musharraf flees Pakistan

Asif Shahzad, Sebastian Abbot
A Pakistani army soldier takes a position during a military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khurram tribal region, Sunday, July 10, 2011. A military operation in Kurram tribal region has been launched to clear the area of terrorists involved in various terrorist activities, including kidnapping and killing of locals, suicide attacks and blocking the road connecting Lower with upper Kurram, Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair) (AP)

In Pakistan, many say aid “snub” dims U.S. sway

Sebastian Abbot
Rebel fighters retreat out of Ajdabiya during an advance by pro-Gadhafi forces, on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya Saturday, April 9, 2011. Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of the key front-line city of Ajdabiya Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Libyan rebels say strikes help them hold town

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Sebastian Abbot
A Libyan rebel fighter, holding a rocket launcher, shouts religious slogans after gun shots were heard as fellow comrades offer prayers in the background in Ajdabia, Libya, Friday, April 8, 2011. Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent survivors into retreat. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

Libyan military surges on key rebel-held outpost

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Manned NATO aircraft attack Pakistan

Sebastian Abbot, Eric Talmadge
In this photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, left, the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR, sits with Pakistani flood-affected women during her visit to a camp for people displaced by heavy floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/United Nations High Commission for Refugees, J. Tanner) ** NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY ** (AP)

Angelina Jolie condemns planned Quran burning

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