Tag: Pulls

CAIRO - A leftwing Egyptian opposition party formerly known for toeing the line set by President Hosni Mubarak's regime announced on Thursday it was withdrawing from a national dialogue on reform. The Tagammu party, which controls a handful of seats in parliament, said in a faxed statement its decision was based on "the regime's refusal to address the minimum of the people's demands."
It also objected to a comment by Vice President Omar Suleiman, who warned this week that the

ISLAMABAD - The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has pulled its station chief in Islamabad out of Pakistan because of threats to his safety, after his name was revealed in a lawsuit filed against him, accusing him of orchestrating drone strikes in the Tribal Areas.
"Not only CIA's station chief Jonathan Banks has been pulled out of Islamabad to Washington DC, but US authorities, particularly the CIA, is looking into the possibility that ISI played a role in blowing the cover

PARIS: Rafael Nadal has ruled himself out of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 next week because of tendonitis in his left arm.
The world number one from Spain had been due to make his much-anticipated comeback here having not competed since October 14 when he was eliminated from the Shanghai Masters in the third round by Austria's Jurgen Melzer. Nadal was set to arrive in the French capital later Friday to certify the nature and extent of his injury setback - of which organisers