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Musharraf holds emergency meeting after assassination of Bhutto(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-12-27 23:18 ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is holding an emergency meeting at the presidency Thursday with top government officials after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, state-run television reported. Bhutto, 54, died in a hospital after a suspected suicide rocked her election rally at the Liaquat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, some 30 km south from Islamabad. The latest reports from the state-run PTV said at least ten people were killed in the blast. |
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