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Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad.

Pakistani who helped U.S. find bin Laden sentenced for treason

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

People enjoy a meal at a roadside in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Red Cross suspends operations in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD -- The Red Cross has suspended operations across much of Pakistan following the killing of a British nurse working for the organization late last month, the group announced Thursday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna arrive for a joint press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. The United States and India on Tuesday called for Pakistan to do more to stop terrorism and pledged to keep up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Clinton presses Pakistan to 'do more' in fight against terrorism

NEW DELHI -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up a three-day visit to India Tuesday, downplaying differences over Iran, stressing the shared goal of a stable Afghanistan and calling for greater U.S. company access to India's booming economy.

But Clinton reserved her most pointed comments for neighboring Pakistan, which she called on to stop using its territory as a safe haven for insurgents keen on striking nearby countries or its own people.

1 year after bin Laden killed, Pakistan's role still unclear

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- One year since U.S. commandos flew into this Pakistani army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Islamabad has failed to answer tough questions over whether its security forces were protecting the world's most wanted terrorist.

Pakistan on Monday condemned a U.S. drone strike that killed three suspected Islamist militants in the northwest, the first since the country's parliament demanded that Washington end the attacks two weeks ago.

Pakistan condemns US strike after drone ban

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Monday condemned a U.S. drone strike that killed three suspected Islamist militants in the northwest, the first since the country's parliament demanded that Washington end the attacks two weeks ago.

Pakistani rescue workers amid of a wreckage of the Boeing 737 passenger plane which crashed in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, April 20, 2012. Sobbing relatives of those on the flight flocked to the airport, and officials said there appeared to be no survivors from the 127 people on board.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani passenger jet with 127 on board crashes

ISLAMABAD  — Emergency workers with flashlights searched the smoldering wreckage of a passenger jet carrying 127 people that crashed into a muddy wheat field Friday while trying to land in a violent thunderstorm at Islamabad’s main airport.

Pakistani women walk past the house where Osama bin Laden's family are being detained in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, April 2, 2012, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The lawyer for Osama bin Laden's family says a Pakistani court has convicted his three widows and two of his daughters on charges of illegally living in Pakistan and sentenced them to 45 days in prison. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Bin Laden's relatives get short prison sentence

ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani court on Monday convicted Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country and sentenced them to 45 days in prison, with credit for time served, their lawyer said.

Family members of Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younnus, mourn her death at Karachi airport in Pakistan on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Fakhra who committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of her flat in Rome, was a victim of an acid attack allegedly carried out 12 years ago by her husband, the son of a feudal politician. (AP Photo)

Female acid attack victim commits suicide in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD  -- Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living.

A Pakistani police officer and local residents examine a parked car damaged in a suicide bombing in the Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan, killing scores of people and wounding dozens others, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- American drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle traveling on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing six militants from a group known to have signed a nonaggression pact with the Pakistani army, intelligence officials and a local tribesman said.

In this photo taken Nov. 18, 2011, a guesthouse is seen inside Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Osama bin Laden spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions. On the top floor, sharing his bedroom, was his youngest wife and favorite. The trouble came when his eldest wife showed up and moved into the bedroom on the floor below. (AP Photo/Shaukat Qadir)

In bin Laden's lair, his wives split by suspicions

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- Osama bin Laden spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions. On the top floor, sharing his bedroom, was his youngest wife and favorite. The trouble came when his eldest wife showed up and moved into the bedroom on the floor below.

FILE - In this May 5, 2011 file photo, local residents and media are seen outside the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Local residents say Pakistan has started to demolish the compound in the northwest city of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos. Two residents say the government brought in three mechanized backhoes Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, and began destroying the tall outer walls of the compound after sunset. They set up floodlights to carry out the work. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed, File)

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan home reduced to rubble

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men.

A Pakistan paramilitary soldier and police officers stand guard at an entry gate of the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The Supreme Court proceeds contempt of court against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for failing to carry out its order to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

'Toxic' powder sent to Pakistan PM office

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani police say a package containing "toxic" white powder has been sent to the prime minister's office.

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2011 file photo released by Press Information Department, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, talks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's prime minister telephoned the top British diplomat in the country this week expressing fears that the Pakistani army might be about to stage a coup, a British official and an official in Islamabad said Friday. (AP Photo/Press Information Department, HO, File)

Pakistan's PM appeals for support in standoff

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister appealed for support Friday from the country's parliament in a standoff between his beleaguered government and the armed forces, saying lawmakers had to choose between "democracy and dictatorship."

Tensions between Pakistan's army and government have soared in recent days over a memo sent to Washington, raising fears that the army might stage a coup or support possible moves by the Supreme Court to oust the government.

In this photo taken Saturday, June 11, 2011, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, center, and Pakistani intelligence Chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, left, attend a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kayani has denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani army denies intention to oust government

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's army chief denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday.

Pakistani supporters of Jammat-ud-Dawa, shout anti-U.S slogans during a rally to condemn NATO helicopters attacks on Pakistani troops, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Confusion and a communication breakdown prevented Pakistan's airforce from scrambling to defend troops on the ground during the deadly NATO bombing last weekend of two border outposts, the military said Friday, responding to rare domestic criticism of the powerful institution. Placards center reads in English, " We Do not accept American terrorism and bases in our country". (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistan defends lack of action during NATO attack

ISLAMABAD -- Confusion and a communication breakdown prevented Pakistan's airforce from scrambling to defend troops on the ground during the deadly NATO bombing last weekend of two border outposts, the military said Friday, responding to rare domestic criticism of the powerful institution.

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