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Pakistan Emergency to End 'Within One Month'

Posted Nov 10, 07 6:05 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – The state of emergency will be lifted within a month, the government of Pakistan vowed today, as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was allowed to leave her villa to meet with supporters at the offices of her party. Police moved aside barricades used yesterday to prevent her from attending a planned rally protesting martial law and the suspension of the constitution. Bhutto is expected to meet today with foreign diplomats.

Bhutto's house arrest yesterday dampened US hopes that she would form a power-sharing agreement with President Pervez Musharraf in opposition to militants who control a growing swath of northwestern Pakistan. Some observers said that the house arrest enhanced Bhutto's position by boosting her credibility as an opposition leader; she has not ruled out resuming talks with Musharraf.

Sources Associated Press, Los Angeles Times

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Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto speaks to media as she leaves her home after the lifting of her house arrest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Saturday morning police pulled aside the...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani police on motorbikes patrol the streets of Rawlapindi , Pakistan on Friday Nov. 9, 2007. Pakistani police placed Benazir Bhutto under house arrest and reportedly rounded up 5,000 of her supporters...   (Associated Press)
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto speaks to media as she leaves her home after the lifting of her house arrest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Saturday morning police pulled aside the...   (Associated Press)
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