In this week's show: Musharraf resigns in Pakistan, Nato weighs its response to Russia, California's medical marijuana dispute, Shakespeare's first theatre is found, Letter from Benin Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, has resigned. The man whom George Bush famously referred to as "the general" – because he didn't know his name – has stepped down before the certain prospect of being impeached. The Guardian's Clare Catford talks to Pakistan correspondent Saeed Shah about Musharraf's farewell speech, and Dr Farzana Sheikh from the London thinktank Chatham House weighs the impact of his departure. As tensions between Russia and Georgia remain high, the Russians have been reluctant to withdraw their troops. Luke Harding reports. Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers are meeting to decide whether to seek sanctions against Russia....
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