Coup in Pak, Sharif under house arrest
Pakistan television announced Tuesday night that the Nawaz Sharif Government had been dismissed after troops held him under house arrest and took control of key installations and airports following the dismissal of Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf.

Clinton puts CTBT on the backburner
The United States on Monday formally consigned the controversial nuclear test ban treaty to cold storage, possibly for years to come.

Bhutto govt exonerated of corruption charges
Pakistan's Supreme Court has given a clean chit to the former Benazir Bhutto government in corruption cases saying there is "no conclusive finding of guilt", but rejected a plea to restore it as considerable time had elapsed since it was dismissed.

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