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Bhuttos Mourn; Son Eyed as Successor

19-year-old Bilawal could take up leadership of PPP

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 28, 2007 12:44 PM CST

(Newser) – Benazir Bhutto was the Pakistan People's Party's "chairperson for life," and her assassination leaves a vacuum in the leadership of the country's largest party. One possible successor, reports the Globe and Mail, is her 19-year-old son Bilawal, who, with his family, attended his... Read full story »

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