<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Stephen Graham's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-635.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Stephen Graham's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:30:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:51:20 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Taliban-hit Pakistan seeks global aid</title><description><![CDATA[Pakistan's beleaguered leaders are hoping for up to $6 billion in international support as they attempt to steer the Islamic world's only nuclear-armed nation through a rising storm of extremist 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10:55:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/f1a04a14-9e62-417f-8c47-f901a42eeb4b.jpg" width="75" height="53" /></item><item><title>Pakistan's chief justice retires</title><description><![CDATA[Pakistan's Supreme Court chief justice retired Saturday, opening the way for the restoration of a judge ousted by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and championed by opponents of the current pro-Western government.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Graham, Associated Press 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survivors of an earthquake that hit a remote corner of Pakistan in October.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/19/2231349-history-dissent-cloud-pakistans-mumbai-reaction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/19/2231349-history-dissent-cloud-pakistans-mumbai-reaction</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>jihad</category><category>curbing</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:49:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d7db0634-f1e9-4d09-856b-c35665f010e0.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>India suspects to be tried in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[The Pakistani president says 20 terrorist suspects wanted by India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks will be tried in Pakistan if there is evidence of wrongdoing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/28/2157661-india-suspects-to-be-tried-in-pakistan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/28/2157661-india-suspects-to-be-tried-in-pakistan</guid><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>south-asian</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>as-pakistan</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:59:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" 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chief, a sign of a strain in relations seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks forged the two countries' anti-terror alliance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nahal Toosi, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/10/1850820-pakistan-premier-backs-army-chiefs-rebuke-to-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/10/1850820-pakistan-premier-backs-army-chiefs-rebuke-to-us</guid><category>us</category><category>pakistan</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/6a90c6a3-8656-49e7-b53a-f1051eb3bbea.jpg" width="75" height="47" /></item><item><title>Pakistani troops, jets target border militants</title><description><![CDATA[Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and fighter jets killed 24 militants Monday, an official said, in an operation praised by U.S. commanders worried about Taliban sanctuaries near the Afghan border.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/08/1841379-pakistani-troops-jets-target-border-militants</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/08/1841379-pakistani-troops-jets-target-border-militants</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:31:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/f8505741-7a0a-4014-ad29-1c894fd864d4.jpg" width="75" 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Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/29/1801482-musharraf-eyes-comfy-retirement-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/29/1801482-musharraf-eyes-comfy-retirement-home</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>musharraf</category><category>mansion</category><category>world-news</category><category>pervez-musharraf</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:13:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/885cbe48-2945-4954-b2bb-65c677126332.jpg" width="75" height="48" /></item><item><title>Pakistani leader to defend anti-militant strategy</title><description><![CDATA[Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani left Saturday on a three-day visit to Washington to defend his government's reluctance to use force against Islamic militants blamed by U.S. officials for soaring violence in neighboring Afghanistan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/26/1696818-pakistani-leader-to-defend-anti-militant-strategy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/26/1696818-pakistani-leader-to-defend-anti-militant-strategy</guid><category>us</category><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>yousuf-raza-gilani</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:59:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/97b8099e-e8c9-44e2-8c6b-0c8a4abdced2.jpg" width="75" height="94" /></item><item><title>Court silences Pakistan nuclear scientist</title><description><![CDATA[A court silenced the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program on Monday, weeks after he implicated President Pervez Musharraf in the delivery of nuclear technology to North Korea.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/21/1683883-court-silences-pakistan-nuclear-scientist</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/21/1683883-court-silences-pakistan-nuclear-scientist</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>nuclear</category><category>north-korea</category><category>scientist</category><category>world-news</category><category>pervez-musharraf</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:02:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" 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Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/14/1575322-pakistan-lawyers-promise-more-protests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/14/1575322-pakistan-lawyers-promise-more-protests</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>pervez-musharraf</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:33:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/27ce3029-156a-448f-886c-f3be05389035.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>US officer lauds Pakistan army anti-terror effort</title><description><![CDATA[Pakistan's army is "fighting bravely" against terrorism, the top-ranking U.S. military officer said after a visit to the country to discuss joint efforts against the Taliban and 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Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/22/1505865-pakistan-may-ask-un-to-probe-bhutto-assassination</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/22/1505865-pakistan-may-ask-un-to-probe-bhutto-assassination</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>killing</category><category>world-news</category><category>pervez-musharraf</category><category>bhutto</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:26:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>