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| December 29, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 18, 1428 |
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BB buried amid mass grief, anger : • PPP chief rests beside father • Thousands converge on Garhi Khuda Bux • Sanam, Ghinwa, Fatima attend funeral • C-130 brought body from Pindi
LARKANA, Dec 28: Overcome with grief and shock, thousands of people converged on Garhi Khuda Bux to bury former prime minister Benazir Bhutto next to her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in her family mausoleum on Friday....
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Countrywide protests, killings and arson
ISLAMABAD: At least 27 people were killed and many wounded in violence during a nationwide outpouring of grief and a protest strike over Benazir Bhutto’s assassination while army was deployed in...
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Postponement of election appears imminent
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: A postponement of the January 8 elections appeared imminent on Friday, a day after an assassin cut short Benazir Bhutto’s quest for democracy and the campaigns of political parties....
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Cabinet approves move for all-party conference
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The government on Friday decided to convene a conference of all political parties for consultations on general elections....
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Govt gives new twist to probe : Al Qaeda blamed for killing
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The government on Friday came up with a new script of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, claiming that she was attacked by Al Qaeda and had died due to injury...
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Benazir aide says govt explanation ‘pack of lies’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: A top aide to slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday rejected the government’s explanation of her death as a “pack of lies”....
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BB manuscript rushed into print : Book to be published by Feb
NEW YORK, Dec 28: Immediately after receiving the manuscript of Benazir Bhutto’s new book, leading publisher HarperCollins decided to move quickly to get it on the shelves by February, following Thursday’s assassination of the former prime minister....
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New Delhi orders ‘high state of vigil’ on border NEW DELHI, Dec 28: India has put its border forces in “a high state of vigil” and suspended train and bus links after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto raised the spectre of chaos in Pakistan spilling over to its nuclear-armed neighbour....
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Police clash with violent protesters in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Dec 28: Police in Indian occupied Kashmir clashed on Friday with hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators protesting the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, police said....
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Afghan flag to fly at half-mast
KABUL, Dec 28: President Hamid Karzai ordered on Friday that Afghanistan’s flag be flown at half-mast at home and abroad for 24 hours in sympathy for the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto....
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US wants polls on Jan 8, or soon after
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: The United States is opposed to re-imposition of emergency in Pakistan and hopes that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination will not cause a long delay in parliamentary elections, officials said....
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Email to be used only ‘if I am killed’
NEW YORK, Dec 28: It was a story CNN’s Wolf Blitzer hoped he would never have to report — an email sent through an intermediary to him by Benazir Bhutto complaining about her security....
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Transcript of ‘Baitullah’s phone call’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Here is the AFP’s translation of the transcript of the alleged telephone conversation on Friday from senior Al Qaeda leader Baitullah Mehsud to another militant that the Pakistan...
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84 flights cancelled
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Air traffic remained largely disrupted on Friday and 84 flights of PIA and other airlines were either cancelled or delayed....
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Nato hopes Pakistan army’s cooperation will continue
BRUSSELS, Dec 28: Nato hopes Pakistan’s military will continue to help combat insurgents near the Afghan border despite the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said here on Friday....
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Pope sends message of ‘deep sympathy’
VATICAN CITY, Dec 28: Pope Benedict said on Friday he was praying for an end to further violence in Pakistan after the “brutal terrorist attack” that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto....
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Advisories warn against trips to Pakistan
LONDON, Dec 28: Many countries warned their nationals on Friday against travelling to Pakistan, fearing the murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could spark more violence....
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Oxford friends remember ‘fiery and fun’ Benazir
LONDON, Dec 28: Benazir Bhutto’s contemporaries at Oxford University remembered her as a “fiery and fun” student on Friday, whose political awakening came after her father’s ouster as Pakistani prime minister....
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