wow, had no idea this was even an issue.

Quoted: Both routes to the world’s highest peak are scheduled to be off limits this spring, as Beijing strives to inaugurate the summer Olympic Games free of pro-Tibetan protests.

Bad move. Reminiscent of US training of Afghan troops to fight against the Soviets. Granted the corruption of the Pakistani government and military, this does not bode well for the future. Given several evidence of Pakistani military involvement with Taliban and Al Queda forces, a strengthening of the military without FIRST securing a stable government cannot possibly be a rational foreign policy move on part of the Bush Administration...this is discomforting to say the least.

Quoted: A plan would send about 100 American trainers to work with a Pakistani paramilitary force that is the vanguard in the fight against Al Qaeda.

I'll be interning this summer with Dr. Yunus and the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh!!

Quoted: Provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh without any collateral. At Grameen Bank, credit is a cost effective weapon to fight ...

Quoted: The life of Benazir Bhutto, part of a Pakistani political dynasty.

holy crap...this is horrible and a terrible blow to democratic efforts in Pakistan.

Quoted: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in a suicide attack at an election rally.

this is appalling and messed up...

Quoted: Gulf states are failing to curb serious abuses of Sri Lankan maids, Human Rights Watch says.

this is just outrageous...i can't believe no one is doing anything about these poor girl children.

Quoted: An Afghan girl describes how her father, wracked with gambling debts, sold her to another man, into marriage when she was just 7

Quoted: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Two bombs ripped through a Pakistani army bus and a commercial district in a city near the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people, the army said.

my prediction: Pakistan is at a flashpoint, which will lead to a deadly civil war, in the near future. Islamic militants are gaining more power to oust Musharraf, and unless someone is appeased sometime soon, the country will be on the brink of war.

Quoted: Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power during her last term in office, news reports said.