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Is Pakistan Serious About Arresting Terrorists?

Dec 12th, 2008 · Pakistan has arrested militants accused of planning the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, but some analysts say the arrests are just a ploy to deflect international pressure. They say militants arrested in the past have been quietly released after the pressure lets up.

Keywords: terrorist · Deflects · militants · Pakistan · India · ploy · Mumbai

Is Pakistan Serious About Arresting Terrorists?

Dec 11th, 2008 · Pakistan has arrested militants accused of planning the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, but some analysts say the arrests are just a ploy to deflect international pressure. They say militants arrested in the past have been quietly released after the pressure lets up.

Keywords: terrorist · Deflects · militants · Pakistan · India · ploy · Mumbai

Obama: 'Lipstick' Controversy Is Election Ploy

Sep 11th, 2008 · Barack Obama Wednesday fired back at his Republican rivals after they accused him of sexism regarding a lipstick remark he made earlier this week. The Illinois senator also was a guest on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman.

Keywords: Republicans · Senate · Controversy · Illinois · David Letterman · Obama · sexism · ploy · lipstick · Barack Obama · CBS Late Show

But Will 'We' Like You Sarah Marshall? *

Apr 11th, 2008 · It's a simple billboard with a simple message: "My mother never liked you Sarah Marshall." The curious road-side sign is one of many marketing ploys to build buzz for the new movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." But can an ad campaign really bring people into the theater?

Keywords: road · Theater · campaign · Ad · movies · Curious · sarah · marshal · billboards · ploy · Sarah Marshall · Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Yahoo Says 'Not So Fast' to MicroSoft

Feb 10th, 2008 · Published reports this weekend say Yahoo has sent a letter to MicroSoft rejecting a bid by the giant software maker to buy the search-engine company. But the letter could just be a negotiating ploy.

Keywords: Yahoo · company · engines · software · Microsoft · ploy · negotiators

District Attorney Uses Internet in Sentencing Ploy **

May 22nd, 2007 · A senior district attorney in Santa Barbara County, Calif., used a woman's MySpace.com postings to get a prison sentence in a manslaughter case. The 22-year-old woman was driving drunk when she had an accident in which her passenger was killed.

Keywords: senior · attorney · accidents · Prisons · Calif · passengers · districts · Internet · drunk · Myspace.com · ploy · sentence

Where's the Remote? White House Loses Control

Mar 20th, 2007 · The Bush administration is unable to use the threat of terrorism to turn public attention away from its failings -- a ploy it has used in the past. A case in point: last week's release of a confession by Khalid Sheik Mohammed did little to avert attention from the U.S. attorneys inquiry and the war in Iraq.

Keywords: Iraq · administration · terrorizing · attorney · public · confessed · inquiry · remote · ploy · Khalid Sheik Mohammed

Pakistani Critics Decry Musharraf Re-Election Ploy *

Jan 29th, 2007 · Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, seeks to ensure another five-year term with a controversial political maneuver. His opposition says the tactic is illegal and unethical.

Keywords: elections · politics · president · Pakistan · Gen · illegal · Opposition · ploy · unethical · Musharraf · maneuver · tactic

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