Scotland Yard detectives are expected in Pakistan by the weekend after President Musharraf announced last night that he had asked Britain to help to investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister. Read Details »
Allies of deposed Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra declared victory in Thailand’s first post-coup election Sunday, but failed to secure an absolute majority in the parliament according to unofficial results from the Election Commission.
A win by the pro-Thaksin People’s Power Party would likely deepen the country’s two-year-old political crisis.
