to the murder of the governor of punjab just a few weeks ago. in most cases we don't know who did it. it's like we're reading an agatha christie novel, and we keep waiting for poirot to assemble everyone together and tell us who did it, but they never do. they're all mysteries. the u.s. bilateral relationship is a roller coaster. we've gone up and down. we've been best friends, most allied country in the world, and we've been at each other's throats. if this was a soap opera on television, it would get number one ratings because the drama is so high. all the ups are built around great secret projects. the youtube days that flew over the soviet union, nixon's trip to china, the war against the soviets and more recently, the war against al-qaeda. all of these secrets, of course, don't remain secrets for very long at all. they all come out. one standard, though, is that the united states consistently has always supported and endorsed the military dictators. we love pakistan's generals when they take over. sometimes at the beginning we're initially

. >> just two months ago, he was morning and other prominent liberal -- the punjab governor who was killed for challenging pakistan's blasphemy laws, often used to persecute minorities. the minister shared his cause and knew he might share his fate, but he told me he would not about to the extremists. >> the forces of darkness, forces of violence cannot threaten me. they cannot divert my attention. >> so you will not be silent? >> not at all. >> but he will speak no more. and the hard-liners are getting louder as the government looks the other way. this is the hero worship of his assassin. it is feared the extremists have been emboldened and will not stop here. >> i think it is starting to feel like part of the system to silence dissent in pakistan. and it is working. has been very effective. it takes a few people who are willing to instill fear in the society, and it takes the silence of people who should have been speaking out. >> and you will speak out now when they might be next? -- and who will speak out now when they might be next? the fear is the hard-liners are winning. bbc news, i

. >> just two months ago, he was morning another prominent liberal, the governor of punjab. he was killed for challenging pakistan's blasphemy laws, often used to prosecute minorities. the minister shared his cause and knew he might share his fate, but he told me he would not about the extremists. >> forces of darkness, forces of violence, forces of extremism cannot threaten me cannot -- threaten me, cannot harass me, cannot divert my attention. >> you will not be silenced? >> i will not. >> but he will speak no more and the hardliners are getting louder as the government looks the other way. this was the hero worship for the assassin. the government fears the extremists have been emboldened and will not stop here. >> it is starting to seem like a systematic plan to silence dissent in pakistan, to silence liberal voices. it is effective. it takes a few people who are willing to instill fear in society. it takes the silence of people who should have been speaking out. >> and who will speak out now, when they might be next? the fear is the hard-liners are winning by killing of

india have beaten pakistan to reach the final cricket world cup a twenty nine one victory in the punjab stadium in the harley with sachin tendulkar top scoring with eighty five it was a highly anticipated match between two faced rivals an estimated one billion people change in around the world to watch india won the toss and chased about this and all this started brightly with fellow but in the c. word here he fell for thirty eight of just twenty five balls and reached eighty five leaving a charmed life being dropped no less than four times before finally going to the hands of a three d. here in india finishing on two hundred sixty for nine a tougher and chase them for pakistan but they struggled to make an impact at such a feat going to buy you fragile but oh how i managed a half century he was the last man standing and was caught twenty nine run short of the required title in he will play sri lanka in saturday's spine and know it will be tough. there definitely are strong points of straw. long enough to do well on the field saw you know we're not thinking about the weaklings you know

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beating fierce rivals pakistan all twenty nine runs about from around twenty eight thousand fans in the punjab stadium and estimated one billion people tuned in to watch worldwide india won the toss and chose to bat first and such in time daughter started brightly with polo it never ended say right if it's thirty eight tendulkar lived a charmed life being dropped four times before finally going to the hands of she said he afridi eighty five india finished on two hundred sixty nine and pakistan struggles to make an impact aside shafique went for thirty. in fact and a half century but he was the last man standing scored twenty nine runs short of the required total so india go into saturday's time like in sri lanka it's very difficult between the sides. are definitely our strong points are strong enough to do well on the field saw you know we're not playing a board of weaklings you know get people on board the whole team you know because they can get work really getting good players and you know most of them are doing really well at the point of time so they can you could be. you know which being

militants in the past and speaking out against the country's hotspots only laws earlier in the year of punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the rules. nato has apologized for killing nine civilians in northeast afghanistan the coalition's those preliminary findings indicate that native forces accidentally killed nine teenagers on tuesday local officials say the boys aged twelve and under were hit by an airstrike while gathering on my word because relations says there was a miscommunication river made should be concerned location of alleged militants. thousands of people living with me and counts are holding a rally in india to protest of trade deal between the country and the european union the protesters want the government against signing any deal that would increase the cost of basic drugs denying tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators marched through the streets of central new delhi before holding a meeting of the indian parliament. as changes sweep through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton h

militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the rules. thousands of people living with and holding a rally in india to protest a planned trade deal between the country in the european union the protesters want a government against signing any deal that would increase the cost of drugs denying tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators marched through the streets of central new delhi before holding a meeting near the indian parliament. in news even strong winds the hampering recovery efforts spreading clouds of dust in the quake ravaged city of christchurch . crews are trading bodies from schools of collapsed buildings have been slowed by repeated alta shelves that have rumbled through the city threatening to bring down bricks and masonry five more bodies have been pulled from the rubble bringing the death toll to a hundred and sixty many more remain missing police say some of the victims may never be recovered. fashion house christian dior is l

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after beating fierce rivals pakistan twenty nine runs about france twenty eight thousand fans in the punjabstadium and estimated one billion people tuned in to watch worldwide india won the toss and chose to pack first such and has started brightly the style of a brand to say we're thirty eight times out of a charmed life being dropped four times before finally going to the hands of shahid afridi for eighty five india finished on two hundred sixty nine pakistan struggles to make an impact sachin he quits thirty years but also perhaps one of the half century he was the last man standing on the court twenty nine runs short of the required total so india going to satisfy would ensure that it all the twins who signed. our strong points are strong. enough to do well on the field so you know we're not thinking about the weaklings you know we're thinking about the whole team you know because they can get work very talented players and you know most of them are doing really well at the point of time so i think it will be about you know being please pick a cricket on that particular day so you have

saturday's final after twenty nine runs over fierce rivals pakistan apart from the thousands in the punjab stadium an estimated one billion people change in to watch worldwide india won the toss and chose the bat first and from both the start of brought with me here but in the say why i keep it thirty eight i tend to living a charmed life being dropped four times no less before finally going to the hands of afridi for eighty five india finishing on two hundred sixty nine pakistan struggle to make an impact because back to speak well for thirty years but was back to manage a half century but he was the last man standing and was scored twenty nine run short the pie total so india into saturday's final against sri lanka nothing much between the sides. if your strong points are strong enough to do well on the field saw you know we are not to get bored of weaklings you know we're thinking about the whole game you know because i think that what we've gotten good clues and you know most of them are doing really well it's a point of time so i think it will be. you know which being pleased to get p

you brought up more of the divisions within pakistan between the punjab majority which dominates the officer core, which seizes as the state, which everybody else is second or third class citizen. that's absolutely true. you raised rightly the growing strength of extremism, highlighted by the murder of the governor. extraordinary things, his own bodyguard shoots him to death and the bodyguard gets all of the favorable attention. [inaudible comment] >> 1,000 lawyers go to protect him. the battle of the soul of pakistan is under way today. how it will turn out, no one knows. there are a lot of very dangerous possibilities. i'll just make one comment about 50 al al qaeda. with all do respect to the director of central intelligence, i've been engaged in the business of counting insurgents and terrorists for 35 years. we don't have a clue. anybody that says they know is either bluffing, or something worse, al qaeda is a lot more complex problem than 50 individuals. i wish the united states government would get out of the business of body counts. we learned in vietnam, that's not very help

some jeopardy evidently but as you note in pakistan this sort of arrangement is common in fact in punjab province it seems roughly half of all homicides in the blood money payments of this sort so it's usual but whether it's really justice that's a subjective issue when no doubt a lot of people in pakistan are very upset about what happened are suggesting that the americans bought his way out here and that that's that's an improper solution so it's going to have ramifications for the political situation domestically in pakistan now you mentioned that his troubles aren't over when he gets to the u.s. but what he may really do you know that this is definitely a rumor a key area when it comes to you know legally do they have jurisdiction the u.s. courts over what a cia contractor did in pakistan. very unclear in fact if he were a cia agent they would have jurisdiction that's clear there's a special statute that covers that with respect to contractors the statute gives jurisdiction in certain cases when events occur on american installations or they occur connected connection with a war of s

extreme i activity in -- extremist act estimate in pakistani with the assassination of the governor in punjab, and the reaction was troubling to many pakistanis, and more recently the assassination of the minister of minorities. beyond that, the pakistanis clearly recognize -- i've had many conversations with their army leadership -- that more needs to be done against groups that reside in various areas of pakistan, in north waziristan, in bliewch stand that are causing significant security challenges for their neighbor and their partner, afghanistan, while also being fair to recognize that the pakistanis would rightly state that they have put a lot of short sticks into a lot of hornets' nests in recent years, and they absolutely have to consolidate some of their gains and solidify their gains and build on them before they can take on major new fights. nonetheless, there is a clear recognition among all of the importance of their doing that at an appropriate moment and, indeed, the u.s. relationship with them which has, i think it's fair to say, sustained degree of tension. in recent weeks in