Philip Reeves

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Latest Cease-Fire In Gaza Collapses

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Israel has resumed targeting terror sites across the Gaza Strip after renewed rocket attacks on the Jewish state. The action casts doubts on the future of indirect talks in Cairo to end the fighting.

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U.S. Doctor To Travel To Sierra Leone To Help Ebola Victims

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious diseases expert at Boston University, is going to Sierra Leone to help care for Ebola patients. She talks to Kelly McEvers about the challenges she expects to face.

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Blocked At The Border, Gaza Man's Hopes Of Escape Fade

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

One man's quest to get out of Gaza and into Egypt highlights Palestinian calls for more freedom of movement.

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Massive Rallies Descend On Islamabad, As Authorities Dig In Trenches

Friday, August 15, 2014

Thousands of people are converging on Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, for a protest rally against the government. The protesters began their 300-mile march in Lahore, led by Imran Khan...

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Pakistan's Mixed Message: Celebrations Amid A Security Lockdown

Thursday, August 14, 2014

It is Independence Day in Pakistan, an occasion traditionally celebrated with military parades and grandiose speeches, with poetry and prayers, and with a great deal of flourishing of the national flag.

But 67 years after this nation was carved out of the subcontinent at the end of British colonial rule, ...

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In A Remote Corner Of Pakistan, A Mass Exodus

Thursday, June 26, 2014

The people of Pakistan are all too familiar with the tidal waves of humanity that can roll across the landscape with the outbreak of war.

Living in their midst are some 1.6 million Afghan refugees who, over the last 35 years, moved eastward to escape the violence that periodically engulfs ...

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Airlines Suspend Flights To Pakistani City After Shooting

Thursday, June 26, 2014

A Pakistan International Airways plane was shot at in Peshawar on Wednesday. International airlines are canceling flights to the city. The bullet came through the window and one passenger died.

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Down From The Mountains, Pakistanis Flee Military Offensive

Friday, June 20, 2014

In Pakistan, people continue to flood out of the mountains bordering Afghanistan. An estimated 200,000 people have abandoned their homes and livestock to escape a new phase of war underway in the North Waziristan tribal area.

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Pakistan Launches Military Operation To Root Out Militants

Monday, June 16, 2014

The offensive is in North Waziristan, a tribal area in the mountains bordering Afghanistan, and a haven for the Taliban and other militants. Tens of thousands of residents are pouring out of the area.

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Pakistani Juice Drink Packs A Sweet And Spicy Punch

Friday, June 13, 2014

You don't often see a man cheerily quaffing from a half-pint mug on a street corner in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

But the drink in this gentleman's hand is as innocent as a newborn kitten.

It's called aloo bukhara juice, and contains tamarind and dried plums, or prunes, if you ...

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Pakistan May Not Have Made The World Cup Cut, But The Ball Is Another Story

Thursday, June 12, 2014

As the World Cup bonanza kicks off in Brazil, it'll be watched with unusual interest by a nation on the other side of the globe that enjoys no international success whatever on the soccer field.

The 200 million or so people of Pakistan are far more celebrated for their ...

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Taliban Claim Credit For Another Attack In Karachi

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Militants are attacking a security training facility near the Karachi airport. The incident comes less than two days after a deadly attack on the Karachi airport itself.

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Taliban Claim Responsibility For Karachi Airport Attack

Monday, June 09, 2014

Gunmen attacked Pakistan's international airport in Karachi Sunday night. At least 23 people are dead, including airport guards and the 10 militants said to be behind the attack.

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Who Shot Pakistan's Star News Anchor? Some Point To Spy Agency

Friday, June 06, 2014

Pakistan's biggest media house and the country's spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, have been embroiled in conflict recently. Geo TV alleged that ISI tried to kill the network's...

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How One Man's Arrest In London Shut Down Pakistan's Megacity

Thursday, June 05, 2014

Altaf Hussain has been running his powerful Pakistani political movement from self-imposed exile for 22 years. After he was arrested in London on Tuesday, Karachi came to a grinding halt.

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Pakistani Woman Beaten To Death By Her Family As Police Stand By

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Pakistan is reeling from the latest so-called "honor killing." Just feet from a courthouse, a pregnant woman was beaten to death with rocks and shot for marrying a man against her family's wishes.

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Being A TV Anchor In Pakistan Is Fraught With Danger

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Pakistan's No. 1 TV anchor Hamid Mir is recovering from six bullet wounds. He was shot by motorcycle gunmen while he was being driven through Karachi. Mir immediately blamed Pakistan's spy agency,

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At Indian Prime Minister's Inauguration, A Historic Pakistani Presence

Monday, May 26, 2014

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was among the guests at Narenda Modi's inauguration. It's the first time the leader of one of the archrivals has attended the swearing-in of the other.

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In Pakistan, Ultra-Conservative Rivals Attack Moderate Muslims

Monday, April 28, 2014

Most Pakistanis follow a form of Islam that's entwined with South Asia's mystical Sufi tradition. They are known as Barelvis, and they are under attack from hardline Deobandis Muslims.

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