Lawyers begin Sharif's defence
Lawyers for deposed Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif launched into their final arguments on Friday trying to discredit the original police complaint charging the ex-premier with hijacking.



Breakthrough in Clinton's Pak visit unlikely
When President Bill Clinton's Air Force One lands on Saturday at the Chaklala Air Force Base in Rawalpindi, which is adjacent to the Islamabad International Airport, the only thing pleasant may be the weather.



China thrilled as KMT chairman Lee quits
A gleeful China has said Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's resignation as Kuomintang (KMT) leader on Friday was an inevitable result of his attempts to make the island independent.



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