By Asif Shahzad Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's ruling coalition teetered on the brink of collapse Saturday as the two main partners squabbled over a successor to ousted President Pervez Musharraf.

By ASIF SHAHZAD By Asif Shahzad The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan's ruling coalition teetered on the brink of collapse Saturday as the two main partners squabbled over a successor to ousted President Pervez Musharraf.

By The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.The twin bombings, which also wounded 70 people, hit one of Pakistan's most sensitive and heavily guarded military installations, underlining the threat posed by Islamic militants to the Muslim world's only nuclear-armed nation as well as its war-ravaged neighbor, Afghanistan.Just hours before the blasts, which were claimed by the Pakistani Taliban as a response to army attacks on militants, a key party in the government coalition threatened to quit in a power struggle that has dismayed many Pakistanis and the country's Western backers.Workers were streaming through two gates of the sprawling factory complex in Wah, 20 miles west of Islamabad, during a shift change about 2 p.m.

By Andrew Buncombe; Omar Waraich PAKISTAN'S CONFLICT with militants took a savage turn yesterday at the country's main weapons complex where two suicide bombers set off blasts that killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds.

Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["International Observation" Article by Staff Reporter Li Jingchen: "Three Major Causes Behind Musharraf's Resignation" (Simplified Version)] Islamabad, 18 Aug (Xinhua) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation as president in a speech to the nation on the country's national television today.