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Article: A blow to democracy.(Benazir Bhutto's death)(Brief article)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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[4] ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has struggled with democracy. Late last year it appeared to be headed for change, though. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had returned from exile to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, an army general who seized power in 1999. The day Bhutto arrived, an explosion nearly killed her. Two months later, she was assassinated as she waved to a crowd on December 27. Riots have racked the country since then. ...
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Article: Benazir Bhutto Returns to Pakistan
AP Online;
October 18, 2007 ;
700+ words
...KARACHI, Pakistan - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan on Thursday, ending eight ... story is below. KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Tens of thousands of ecstatic supporters of Benazir Bhutto swarmed around Karachi ...
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