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Benazir Bhutto stories: 188 news summaries

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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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Musharraf: Bhutto Endangered Herself

Pakistani president blames recklessness

Jan 3, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - President Pervez Musharraf dismissed accusations today that Pakistan's government was involved in the Dec. 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, citing extensive security provided to the ex-prime minister as well as careless disregard for her own safety. “There is no complicity,” he said of the killing. “Would I... More »

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

US Offers a Tentative Hand to Nawaz Sharif

After Bhutto's death, Washington surveys a new political scene

Jan 3, 08 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - With Benazir Bhutto gone and elections postponed, the White House is taking stock of its options in Pakistan and cautiously reaching out to a man they had once cold-shouldered: Nawaz Sharif. The prime minister whom Pervez Musharraf deposed in his 1999 bloodless coup is looking increasingly attractive to Washington, writes... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan Muslim League

Facebook Hoaxer Part of Plot to Smear Bilawal: Dad

Heir loves vampire slayer Buffy on fake site

Jan 3, 08 5:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Several news editors and internet surfers fell hook, line and sinker for a Facebook hoaxer pretending to be Benazir Bhutto's son and political heir—and an aide for his dad charged that it was part of a smear campaign by the Pakistani government. The fake Facebook site has 19-year-old Bilawal... More »

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Pakistan • Facebook • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Internet hoax • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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

Bhutto Uncle Opposes Role for Widower

Patriarch blasts Zardari as incompetent, wants 'a real Bhutto' to lead

Jan 2, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's designation of her widower as interim leader of the Pakistan People's Party has inflamed family and tribal tensions, and renewed past disagreements over her leadership. Patriarch Mumtaz Bhutto, Benazir's 74-year-old uncle, blasted Asif Ali Zardari for having "no political background or acumen" and predicted his leadership would... More »

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Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Mumtaz Bhutto • Sindhi • Baluch • interim leader

Pakistan Govt. Abandons Sunroof Claim

Elections postponed until February, raising fears of more violence

Jan 1, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s Interior Ministry today backed off its much-derided claim that Benazir Bhutto died after hitting her head on the latch of her car's sunroof while ducking to avoid gunfire. The retraction will likely intensify the controversy around the opposition leader’s death, CNN reports. Meanwhile, elections scheduled for Tuesday... More »

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Aide: Bhutto Died as She Readied Dossier on Rigged Vote

Government, opposition still at loggerheads

Jan 1, 08 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed the same day she planned to give US lawmakers damaging information on government actions to rig upcoming elections, a top aide charged yesterday. The "thoroughly rigged" elections were to "benefit" President Pervez Musharraf's party, said the aide. The charge was made... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • al-Qaeda

Police Stopped Bhutto Autopsy: Hospital Rep

Top cop says
ex-PM's husband
nixed post-mortem

Dec 31, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Rawalpindi police chief prevented doctors from performing an autopsy on Benazir Bhutto, according to an open letter issued today by a representative of the hospital where she died. Chief Aziz Saud invoked the investigators' “exclusive responsibility,” CNN reports, but Saud says Bhutto's husband objected. The lack of... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Pakistan People's Party • Rawalpindi • Asif Ali Zardari • Aziz Saud

Pakistan Vote to Be Delayed at
Least 4 Weeks

Many election offices damaged in violence; PPP opposes setback

Dec 31, 07 8:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's January 8 election will be postponed by at least 4 weeks, "if not more," because of violence in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, election officials tell AFP. The election commission recommended a delay, but won't specify a date until tomorrow. Bhutto's party opposes postponement on grounds... More »

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

Bhutto Slumped as Shots Rang Out: Video

Husband calls official version of cause of death "useless excuse"

Dec 31, 07 5:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Newly released videotape of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto bolsters Bhutto's supporters' claim that the Pakistani opposition leader was killed by gunshot wounds and not—as the government insists—by hitting her head on her car sunroof when a bomb exploded. The video shows Bhutto slumping forward after gunshots ring... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Asif Ali Zardari

Bloggers Blast Government Version of Bhutto Death

We're not 'naive and dumb,' snaps one

Dec 31, 07 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's political blogging community is expressing extreme skepticism about government statements as to how former prime minister Benazir Bhutto died in last week's assassination attack. The government is claiming Bhutto died after hitting her head on her car’s sunroof in the bomb attack, but the theory is widely disputed,... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • blogger • al-Qaeda

On 7th Day, They Campaigned

Candidates turn to the tube as Iowa caucus looms

Dec 31, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - With four days of campaigning left in Iowa, leading White House hopefuls skipped church services and attended another weekend ritual—Sunday political talk shows. GOP frontrunner Mike Huckabee missed a service at the Cornerstone Family Church to appear on NBC, and Hillary Clinton arrived late and slipped out early at... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Benazir Bhutto • Chris Dodd • Iowa caucus • Corinthian Baptist church • Cornerstone Family Church • Election 2008

Bhutto's Son Quietly Political at Oxford

'Well-liked' student backed mother on his
Facebook page

Dec 30, 07 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may be Benazir Bhutto's son, picked today to lead the Pakistan People's Party, but the 19-year-old is also still in school. Bilawal has been studying at Christ Church, Oxford, without security, often hiding his political identity but supporting his mother on his Facebook profile, Time reports. "... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Oxford University • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistanis Recover After Riots

In Karachi, residents emerge for food as police lockdown ensues

Dec 30, 07 6:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Life limped to normal today in fire-blackened Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the site of fierce rioting since last week’s killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. After three days of unrest that left at least 40 people dead across Sindh province, residents ventured out of their homes... More »

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Pakistan • Karachi • Benazir Bhutto • riots • Sindh province

Bhutto's Death Just Pakistan's Latest Unsolved Mystery

Political deaths many; 'truth never comes out'

Dec 30, 07 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Moments after Benazir Bhutto was killed—whether by gun, bomb, or hitting her head on a sunroof—came another disturbing image. Workers hosed blood from the streets, washing away potential evidence, the Washington Post reports—and ensuring yet another whodunit to Pakistan's long list of unsolved political murders. "I... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Pakistan People's Party

UPDATED

Bhutto Husband & Son Picked
to Head Party

Election likely
to be delayed
up to 8 weeks

Dec 30, 07 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - As violence continued to flare in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials indicated that Jan. 8 elections will likely be postponed six to eight weeks, Reuters reports. Officials from Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, meanwhile, picked her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and 19-year-old son, Bilawal,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto's Will Names Son Successor

Bilawal will lead party but won't be PM candidate, report says

Dec 29, 07 6:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto instructed in her will that her son succeed her as leader of her political party, Newsweek reports. Because her son, Bilawal, is only 19, the will states that her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, act as a regent to him until he is old enough to lead by himself.... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

Speculation on Bhutto death runs wild as riots threaten elections

Dec 29, 07 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto’s political party is free to exhume her corpse to verify her ever-shifting cause of death, a Pakistani official said today. So far, the government has issued three accounts—gunshots, shrapnel, and then a fractured skull from hitting her head—which has PPP leadership crying cover-up, CNN reports.... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Baitullah Mehsud

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