Good news from Pakistan (from a stability perspective): “Pakistan’s two main opposition parties announced Thursday that they would work together to form a coalition government. The apparent breakthrough came after the leaders of the two parties, the victors in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections, held make-or-break talks in Islamabad, the capital.” (more…)

A day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf denied that his government had anything to do with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a team of British officers arrived in Pakistan to help with the investigation of the politician’s horrific and violent death.

“The Scotland Yard team, who refused to talk to reporters after arriving at Islamabad Airport, is stepping into the cauldron of Pakistani politics,” the Spiegel reports. (more…)