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NEWS ABOUT: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto stories: 188 news summaries

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Musharraf to Share Power

Embattled US ally makes power sharing deal with Benazir Bhutto

Aug 29, 07 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President General Musharraf,  a key ally of the US in the war on terror, will quit the army ahead of elections next year in a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The deal, brokered by the US and Britain, is aimed at solving a deepening political... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • power • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif

Exiled Ex-PM Allowed to Return to Pakistan

Court ruling another blow to Musharraf

Aug 23, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former PM Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan from exile, the country’s Supreme Court ruled today, dealing another blow president Pervez Musharraf. Sharif had already declared his intentions to challenge the "dictatorship" of Musharraf, who deposed Sharif in a 1999 coup, in upcoming elections. But Sharif, the BBC... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • exile • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan elections

US Presses Musharraf to Share Power With Rival

Bhutto as PM would signal change

Aug 16, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - To strengthen Gen. Pervez Musharraf 's shaky hold on crisis-rocked Pakistan, the US is pressing him to share power with his biggest rival, the New York Times reports. Musharraf is deeply unpopular, and the White House thinks his best chance of remaining president is to join forces with former PM... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • democracy • United States • Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan Braces for State of Emergency

Stock market reels as Musharraf prepares to expand his powers

Aug 9, 07 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf held a meeting this morning to discuss the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan, says the Guardian. Although the government claimed that recent suicide attacks and recent belligerent talk from the White House—not to speak of the Barack Obama campaign—may necessitate emergency measures, opponents... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • state of emergency

Musharraf Meets with Exiled Pakistani Leader

Bhutto, a former rival, could be key ally in his bid for re-election

Jul 28, 07 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Embattled Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf met with exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday in Abu Dhabi to rally support, sources tell CNN. The two leaders haven’t spoken since Musharraf seized power in 1999, but their reps have been talking for months.  Musharraf hopes to hang on to the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Abu Dhabi • extremism

Musharraf Faces Bumpy Road to Re-Election

Bhutto mounts challenge to second presidential term

Jul 22, 07 5:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf is facing yet another hurdle: Benazir Bhutto says she will return to Pakistan to challenge his plans for another presidential term. The exiled ex-PM tells the Sunday Times she is considering abandoning talks with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, embarrassed last week after the country's Supreme Court reinstated... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • United States • Red Mosque • Islamabad • counterterrorism • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan Supreme Court • Iftikhar Chaudhry • Waziristan • Pakistan elections • al-Qaeda

Suicide Bomber Slays 13
in Islamabad

Carnage continues in wake of Red Mosque violence

Jul 17, 07 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen people died and at least 40 were wounded in an apparent suicide bombing today in Islamabad. The attack, which occurred just before Pakistan's suspended chief justice was scheduled to speak at an outdoor rally, was the latest incident in a wave of violence that has followed last week's military... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • bombing • Red Mosque crisis • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan militants

Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

Administration rethinks friendship with embattled Pakistani prez

Jun 5, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president. More »

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Bush administration • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamabad • Benazir Bhutto • crisis

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