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.

Cabinet panel on security meeting today
The Cabinet Committee on Security is scheduled to meet soon after the swearing-in of the new Council of Ministers and consider the situation in Pakistan where there were rumours of a military take-over after the dismissal of Army Chief 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.

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