British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, left, speaks as his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik looks on during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Johnson visits Pakistan with delegation to hold talks with Pakistani officials to discuss bilateral, International and regional issues. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, left, speaks as his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik looks on during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Johnson visits Pakistan with delegation to hold talks with Pakistani officials to discuss bilateral, International and regional issues.

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  1. Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson arrives to speak at an event on security at the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce in central London November 2, 2009. David Nutt, the government's former chief narcotics adviser, sacked last week, for campaigning against the government's drug policy, warned on Monday that more of his colleagues might resign in protest. Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), was dismissed by Johnson, after he said the drugs were less harmful than alcohol.
  2. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, left, speaks as his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik looks on during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Johnson visits Pakistan with delegation to hold talks with Pakistani officials to discuss bilateral, International and regional issues.
  3. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  4. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  5. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  6. British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth (C) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (R) meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (L) in Islamabad on October 5, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  7. Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw speak during the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, on September 29, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to rally his ruling Labour Party, in a keynote speech as he battles to avoid a heavy defeat in elections next year.
  8. Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw speak during the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, on September 29, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to rally his ruling Labour Party, in a keynote speech as he battles to avoid a heavy defeat in elections next year.
  9. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. A Pakistani court will indict seven suspects in the Mumbai attacks in the coming week, but India needs to provide evidence against the head of a banned Islamist group Pakistan is investigating in the plot, Malik said.
  10. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, left, talks to his Iranian counterpart Mostafa Mohammad Najjar during their meeting at Interior Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Najjar is in Pakistan for talks on efforts to battle a Sunni militant group blamed for a recent suicide bombing that killed top Revolutionary Guard commanders and dozens of others.
  11. U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) (L) speaks to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik while waiting to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad October 19, 2009.
  12. Pakistan and U.S. government officials speak before Senator John Kerry's (D-MA) meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani (unseen) at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad October 19, 2009. Pictured from (L-R) U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson, Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik, Pakistan's Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, U.S. Senator John Kerry and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
  13. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Malik said the Taliban carried out the attack to avenge the Aug. 5 slaying of their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, in a U.S. drone attack.
  14. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, left, speaks as his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik looks on during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Johnson visits Pakistan with delegation to hold talks with Pakistani officials to discuss bilateral, International and regional issues.
  15. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  16. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.

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