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Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West

By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012 9:02AM UTC

The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to reconsider their nuclear programs, while others pushed on with vigor. A few nations reacted sharply against nuclear, especially Japan, where

Pakistani who helped US catch bin Laden sentenced to prison

By AP News Wed, May 23, 2012 7:47PM UTC

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of high treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison. Nasir Khan says Shakil Afridi was also ordered Wednesday to pay a fine of about $3,500. If

Pakistan: Thoughts on the NATO supply line hullabaloo

By Ahsan Butt Tue, May 22, 2012 11:59PM UTC

You want to know how deep the divide is between the U.S. and Pakistan? The two countries papers of record can interpret the exact same event in diametrically opposed ways. In the U.S., the New York Times had a pessimistic take on the Obama “snub” of Zardari and the prospects

Pakistan restores Twitter access after block

By AP News Mon, May 21, 2012 11:51AM UTC

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for much of Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country’s top telecommunications officials. The tweets were promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, said Mohammad Yaseen,

The blocking and unblocking of Twitter in Pakistan

By Pakistan Voice Mon, May 21, 2012 5:29AM UTC

Hours after remaining blocked in Pakistan, the popular microblogging website Twitter was finally unblocked late on Sunday night on Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani’s orders. Earlier on Sunday, the online social networking service was banned in Pakistan by the country’s Ministry of Information Technology because “it failed to respond and take