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Populists Gain Seats in Election in Hong Kong

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 9:29pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER

Chinese national pride after the Olympics and growing distress over inflation combined to produce a leftward shift in Hong Kong legislative elections on Sunday.
Divergent Accounts of Afghan Strike Raise Tension

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:54pm EDT by By CARLOTTA GALL

Villagers say 90 civilians were killed in an airstrike, but the U.S. accuses them of spreading Taliban propaganda.
Suicide Bombers Kill 2 at Afghan Police Station

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 7:54pm EDT by By TAIMOOR SHAH and CARLOTTA GALL

Coming three months after a jailbreak staged by the Taliban helped some 900 prisoners escape, the bombings were another propaganda coup for the insurgents.
Right at the Edge

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 6:41pm EDT by By DEXTER FILKINS

The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror will be fought and possibly lost.
Atomic Club Votes to End Restrictions on India

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 9:18am EDT by By SOMINI SENGUPTA and MARK MAZZETTI

The worldwide body that regulates the sale of nuclear fuel and technology approved a landmark deal on Saturday to allow India to engage in nuclear trade for the first time in three decades.
Bhutto’s Widower, Viewed as Ally by U.S., Wins the Pakistani Presidency Handily

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 9:18am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former leader Benazir Bhutto, was elected president by a wide margin.
Bhutto’s Widower Wins Pakistani Presidency

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 4:44am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience, was elected president of Pakistan.
China Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Nuclear Standoff

Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:53am EDT by By EDWARD WONG

President Hu Jintao of China urged a negotiated resolution to Iran’s nuclear issue during a meeting with the country’s president.