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(AP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistani lawmakers elected a ruling party loyalist as the new prime minister Friday, despite corruption allegations and his failure to end the country’s energy crisis — setting in motion what is likely to be a short and turbulent premiership. The election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is unlikely to reduce tensions among Pakistan’s jostling power centers that are destabilizing the nuclear-armed country, which is considered crucial to American hopes of winding down the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The latest round of turmoil was triggered earlier this week when judges at the activist Supreme Court disqualified former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for refusing to initiate a corruption investigation against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. Gen.: Afghan hotel attack likely Haqqani The court, considered by many to be hostile to Zardari, is likely to make the same demand of Ashraf, and many are predicting he will meet the same fate as Gilani within months. Ashraf, a minister in the ousted government, was originally put forward as a backup candidate but got the nod after the first choice was hit with an arrest warrant following his nomination on Thursday. The warrant was issued by an anti-narcotics force run by the military, which wields political power and has staged three coups in Pakistan’s short history. Ashraf was elected prime minister by Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party and 김포출장업소 its...

(CBS News) Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass is the highest-profile military officer to defect from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, but he’s not the first member of his wealthy and powerful family to distance himself from the dictator. Two of Tlass’ cousins, themselves former officers in the Syrian military, joined the opposition Syrian Free Army months ago. They have since become folk heroes as commanders of SFA fighters in Rastan, 강원도 정선 카지노 near Homs. The Tlass family is Sunni and has been influential for decades in maintaining support among the Sunni elite for the Assads, who are Alawites. Tlass was a childhood friend of President Assad, and their fathers were also friends and political allies. Haafez al Assad appointed Mustafa Tlass to the post of Defense Minister — a position he held from 1972 to 2004. Earlier this year, Mustafa left Syria after what was reported to be an argument with a senior member of the regime, and now lives in Paris. Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass, member of Bashar Assad’s inner circle, defectsClinton: “Friends of Syria” must unite to stop Russia, China “blockading” progress One of Tlass’ brothers, Firas, is currently a businessman based in Dubai. He was a powerful supporter – and beneficiary – of Assad’s liberalization of the Syrian economy over the past decade. He is thought to have arranged safe passage out of Syria and a...