Pakistan court strips amnesty from president
Posted: December 17, 2009 at 5:43 a.m.
Pakistan’s top court struck down an amnesty Wednesday that had protected the president from corruption charges, paving the way for challenges to his shaky rule just as the U.S. wants Islamabad to step up its fight against Islamist militants.
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