File - Pakistani Prime Minister meets with President Clinton

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Denials notwithstanding, secret talks were held in Mecca and in Pakistan between Taliban reps and secret emissaries from the Afghan government, including an Iftar dinner hosted by Saudi King Abdullah. The Saudis estimate the Afghan war is unwinnable for NATO. Donor fatigue is rampant. And the world's financial support system is crumbling.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain Benazir Bhutto, Tuesday took the oath of office as Pakistani president.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League, said Thursday his party will not re-partner with the Pakistan People's Party to form a coalition government.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Will a 55-year-old Pakistani who has suffered serious mental illnesses become president of one of the world’s eight nuclear powers? Stay tuned.

MANIPAL, India, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- After Pervez Musharraf himself, the individual who will be most nervous at the resignation of Pakistan's president is the Pakistan People's Party co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari. For it was Musharraf -- admittedly with repeated prodding from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- who offered Benazir Bhutto's widower amnesty from the numerous corruption cases against him in exchange for his party's support for his presidency.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The widower of slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has accepted his party's presidential nomination, the Pakistan People's Party announced Saturday.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The main players in Pakistan's ruling coalition had yet to resolve their differences two days after President Pervez Musharraf's resignation.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif threatened Tuesday to leave the coalition now governing Pakistan over the issue of judicial independence.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Georgia is a geopolitical sideshow next to Pakistan, one of the world’s eight nuclear powers, without Musharraf. The future of NATO is not at stake in Georgia, but it is in Pakistan and Afghanistan.