In Scramble for Cash, Pakistan Turns to China's Deep Reserves

By Anthony Faiola and Karen DeYoung
Pakistan has reached a critical new phase in its long-deteriorating financial situation, as investor flight and bleeding of national reserves force the country to scramble for international funds to shore up its economy. With the global financial crisis draining coffers in the United States and E...(The Washington Post)

UN: Nearly 190,000 flee Pakistan battles

By ASIF SHAHZAD
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Nearly 190,000 people are reported to have fled fighting between Pakistani troops and militants near the border with Afghanistan, the United Nations said Tuesday as fresh clashes in the area killed 17 militants.(The Washington Post)

Water row may affect Pakistan-India ties: Zardari

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has warned a brewing row with India over the waters of the Chenab river in the disputed Kashmir region could harm improving ties between the old rivals.(The Washington Post)

The World Vote

Barack Obama is almost universally favored over John McCain outside the United States. Should that matter to Americans?(The Washington Post)

U.S. Refuge for Singer Fleeing the Taliban

By BEN SISARIO A hostile cultural climate forced Haroon Bacha, a Pashtun musician, to leave his homeland and come to New York. (The New York Times)

Pakistan tribes raze Taliban houses after bombing

By Mohammad Hashim
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani tribesmen exchanged fire with Taliban militants and destroyed their houses in a northwestern tribal region after a suicide attack killed at least 50 people, residents and officials said on Saturday.(The Washington Post)

Danger Ahead for the Most Dangerous Place in the World

By Sumit Ganguly
Here's an alarming thought: Pakistan is in even scarier shape than most of the so-called experts are willing to admit.(The Washington Post)

Pakistanis Repudiate Violence

By Candace Rondeaux
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- The television advertisement that debuted this week starts with a simple scene: A mother is waiting on a street corner for her child to get out of school. It looks like any other sunny day in any one of Pakistan's major cities.(The Washington Post)

Pakistan's spy chief briefs lawmakers on terrorism

By MUNIR AHMAD
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's new spy chief showed lawmakers video and photos of militants killing people at a rare closed briefing Wednesday on the government's fight against Taliban and al-Qaida extremists, attendees said.(The Washington Post)

Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone

By ASIF SHAHZAD
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said.(The Washington Post)

Off the Track: News Media Feel Limits to Georgia's Democracy

By DAN BILEFSKY and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards. (The New York Time)

20 in Pakistan Die in Bombing

By Candace Rondeaux
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Oct. 6 -- At least 20 people were killed and 35 injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack that targeted the home of a well-known politician in central Pakistan, according to Pakistani authorities.(The Washington Post)

UN raises Pakistan security after hotel bombing

By STEPHEN GRAHAM

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The U.N. ordered children of its international staff to leave the Pakistani capital and other areas it considered unsafe, raising its security level following the bombing of the Marriott Hotel, officials said Thursday. (The Washington Post)

U.S. raids hurt terrorism fight: Pakistan minister

By Jon Hurdle

PRINCETON, NJ (Reuters) - U.S. military raids against militants inside Pakistan threaten to hurt progress being made against them by Pakistani forces and are an intrusion on Pakistan's sovereignty, the country's new foreign minister said on Wednesday. (The Washington Post)

Analysis: US, Pakistan ties too important to fail

By CHRIS BRUMMITT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Beyond the bullets and the bluster, the United States and Pakistan need each other too much to allow tensions along the Afghan border to derail their relationship.(The Washington Post)