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Bhutto assassination stories: 13 news summaries

Pakistan Mourns Bhutto on Anniversary of Slaying

Government calls for UN to probe former PM's assasssination

Dec 27, 08 2:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have traveled to Benazir Bhutto's hometowm to mark the first anniversary of her assassination, Reuters reports. The former prime minister was killed in a gun and bomb attack at an election rally a year ago today. Many questions still surround the killing and the country's... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • People's Power Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bhutto assassination

Two Admit Helping Bhutto Assassin

Men say they provided suicide bomber with explosive jacket in Dec. 27 attack

Feb 13, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Two men confessed today to helping the man who killed Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, providing a house, gun, and explosive jacket to the suicide bomber at the center of the Dec. 27 attack. The suspects were arrested last Thursday in Rawalpindi, reports CNN. Investigators say that they are making... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination

Pakistan
Busts 2 More
in Bhutto Hit

Arrests come
as nation ends
mourning period

Feb 7, 08 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani authorities have charged two alleged terrorists with participating in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports AFP. The two men are from Rawalpindi, where the former PM was killed in December. "Their tentacles are from the tribal region and Baitullah Mehsud," said a senior official, referring to the... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bomber • Benazir Bhutto • Rawalpindi • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud • Bhutto assassination • al-Qaeda

Bhutto Warned of Her Murder by Osama's Son

Names 4 hit squads
in chilling posthumous autobiography

Feb 3, 08 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was told that four suicide bomb squads had been sent to kill her—and names Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama, as the leader of one, the slain leader says in an eerie, posthumously published autobiography. Bhutto's claim appears to bolster intelligence reports that... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • al-Qaeda • Hamza bin Laden

2 More Busted in Bhutto Slaying

One man spotted in front of slain leader's vehicle

Jan 21, 08 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Two more men suspected of involvement in former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination were arrested yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports, based on information from an investigator. One of the men appears to be visible in video footage of the attack, standing in front of Bhutto’s vehicle. On... More »

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Countrywomen Rate Bhutto's Feminist Legacy

Ex-PM advanced women's rights; but
not as much as hoped

Jan 20, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto wasn't always a staunch defender of women's rights, but for Pakistani women the fight for gender equality is a lot tougher now that she's gone. Bhutto may have jump-started women's health care and job programs, but she missed opportunities to repeal harsh anti-egalitarian laws—failures her defenders chalk... More »

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Pakistan • feminism • women • women's rights • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • mullahs • warlords

Musharraf Says He'd Consider Stepping Down

'On the day people don't want me, I will leave,'
he tells Der Spiegel

Jan 13, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf will consider resigning if his public approval continues to erode, Der Spiegel reports in a wide-ranging interview to be published tomorrow. "On the day I think the people, the majority, don't want me anymore and the day I have no contribution to make to this country, I... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • resignation • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • election

Policeman: Sudden Crowd Stopped Bhutto's Car

New reports deepen mystery around assassination

Jan 12, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - New reports on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto point to the killing being a well-organized plot and suggest Musharraf's government knows more than it claims, McClatchy reports. A police witness says a crowd that appeared to be Bhutto supporters surged into the road and stopped her car. When she emerged... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Rawalpindi • Bhutto assassination

Bhutto's Death Her Own Fault: Musharraf

'It was she to blame alone—nobody else,'  tells '60 Minutes'

Jan 7, 08 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has absolved his own government—and everyone else—of culpability in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, telling "60 Minutes" that she alone was to blame for her death. "For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone—nobody else.... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Bhutto assassination

Outdated Parade Cover Bares Bhutto's Death Fears

Chilling interview before her assassination

Jan 7, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - "Is Benazir Bhutto America's best hope against al-Qaeda?" asks the front page of this week's Parade magazine. The issue, which features an interview with the soon-to-be-assassinated Pakistani leader, went to press almost a week before Bhutto was killed. Faced with the choice of running the issue with the outdated... More »

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media • Pakistan • magazine • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan elections • Zulfikar Ali Bhutto • Bhutto assassination • Parade magazine

Scotland Yard Team Begins Pakistan Probe

Brits arrive to help investigation of Bhutto assassination

Jan 4, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Investigators from Scotland Yard arrived in Pakistan today to assist with the government's investigation of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Pervez Musharraf invited the team to lend credibility to the investigation and help put to rest what the president called "conspiracy theories," but critics remain skeptical about what the Brits... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Scotland Yard • Benazir Bhutto • Bhutto assassination

OPINION

Friend Tracks Bhutto's Final Trip Home

Ex-Newsweek editor found joy, horror in e-mail from Pakistan

Jan 3, 08 5:16 PM CST
(Newser) - In her last e-mail to Benazir Bhutto, Linda Bird Francke asked: "Are you sure you want to be Prime Minister?" The former Newsweek editor, who helped Bhutto write her 1989 memoir "Daughter of Destiny," never did get a straight answer before her friend was assassinated Dec. 27.... More »

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Pakistan Delays Vote to Feb. 18 After Violence

Musharraf asks London police for help in Bhutto assassination probe

Jan 2, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - On the day Pakistan announced it had rescheduled parliamentary elections for Feb. 18 in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, President Pervez Musharraf has asked Scotland Yard to "solve all the confusion" surrounding her death, CNN reports. The country's election commission said the wave of violence after Bhutto's assassination... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Scotland Yard • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Bhutto assassination

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