Shame for Pakistan, cry relatives as judge sentences Mian Nawaz Sharif to life i
Pakistan’s former prime minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif, was sentenced Thursday to two terms of life imprisonment on charges that he refused to let a passenger plane land in Pakistan.



US relieved Sharif spared death; wants transparency in appeals process
Once a patron of many despots since fallen, Uncle Sam reacted cautiously to the Nawaz Sharif verdict, saying it would be ``inappropriate'' to comment on it because the decision was still open to appeal before the higher courts.



Amartya Sen, Marai Chatterjee make waves at White House
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) president Marai Chatterjee were among the star speakers who made a powerful impression at a White House conference on the "new economy".



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