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NEWS ABOUT: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto stories: 188 news summaries

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US Supplied Bhutto With Security Intel

But stopped short of 'micromanaging arrangements'

Dec 29, 07 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington gave Benazir Bhutto intelligence to protect her from militants for weeks but would not guard her with its own private contractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. An ex-adviser to Bhutto said the US refused to be "micromanaging the security arrangements of another country." The US embassy in... More »

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Joe Biden • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto Aide Sees Cover-Up in Changing Cause of Death

Finds skull-fracture theory 'nonsense'

Dec 29, 07 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A top aide to Benazir Bhutto charges in a CNN interview that the Pakistani government is trying to cover up the cause of Bhutto's death. Aide Sherry Rehman blasts as "bizarre, dangerous nonsense" the government's conclusion that Bhutto was not struck by bullets, but died of a skull fracture... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Sherry Rehman

Huckabee Calls for Anti-Pakistani Fence

Rivals pounce on GOP hopeful's goofs

Dec 29, 07 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's foreign affairs knowledge is under scrutiny after the GOP hopeful made several factual errors in talking about Pakistan, and tried to use the assassination of Benazir Bhutto to highlight the need for a fence along the Mexican border, the New York Times reports. "The immigration issue is... More »

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Mitt Romney • Pakistan • Republican • Mike Huckabee • Benazir Bhutto • illegal immigration • Election 2008

Al-Qaeda Ally Denies Hand in Bhutto Killing

Pakistan accuses him, but Mehsud would never 'attack a woman'

Dec 29, 07 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A representative of Baitullah Mehsud, the al-Qaeda leader Pakistan has fingered in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, strongly denied any involvement in her death today. Giving further support to the claims of a cover-up by Bhutto's partisans, the spokesman for Mehsud said "he had no involvement in this attack"... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Waziristan • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

30 Dead In Pakistan Rioting

Bhutto supporters torch trains, shops; government cracks down

Dec 29, 07 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Rioting across Pakistan has left more than 30 people dead as mourners of Benazir Bhutto set the country ablaze. The Times of London reports that the police have exchanged fire with Bhutto supporters, and  have been ordered to shoot on sight in Bhutto's stronghold of Karachi. As  banks, shops, trains,... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • riots

PC Virus Using Bhutto Rumors to Spread

Online search for assassination details returns malicious code

Dec 29, 07 12:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Hackers are adapting a recently released Trojan virus to exploit curiosity surrounding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Ars Technica reports. Many sites claiming to contain exclusive information or even video footage of the attack itself are hiding malicious embedded files. Once visited, the files allow for the download of additional... More »

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computer virus • Benazir Bhutto • Trojan • malware • Trend Micro

Bhutto Killing Probe a Must, Clinton Says

With caucuses looming, candidates add foreign policy to Iowa fracas

Dec 28, 07 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton says she wants a probe into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, blasting current Pakistani President Musharraf and, by extension, US support for his regime. "I don't think the Pakistani government at this time under President Musharraf has any credibility at all," the Democratic presidential candidate said... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Fred Thompson • Benazir Bhutto • Election 2008

Phone Call Ties al-Qaeda to
Bhutto Killing

Pakistan releases transcript as rioting claims at least 23 lives

Dec 28, 07 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani government offered the transcript of an intercepted phone call today as evidence that the Benazir Bhutto's murder was the work of Baitullah Mehsud, an extremist linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban, the AP reports. In the transcript, Mehsud congratulates an operative for a "spectacular job" in... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • riots • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda

Bhuttos Mourn; Son Eyed as Successor

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

Dec 28, 07 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 mother's burial today. Bhutto's widower,... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari • Makhdoom Amin Fahim • Aitzaz Ahsan

Al-Qaeda
Killed Bhutto,
Pakistan Says

Reported causes of ex-PM's death include shrapnel, blow to head

Dec 28, 07 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto belonged to a militant group with links to Al-Qaeda, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry told GEO-TV today, fingering Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni group blamed for hundreds of killings.The US State Department considers the group a terrorist organization with links to the Taliban. The... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • FBI • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • al-Qaeda

Memories of 'Pinky's' Smile

Schoolmate, ex-Time editor recalls Harvard undergrad Bhutto's warmth, intensity

Dec 28, 07 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - What former Time editor Walter Isaacson remembers best about fellow Harvard student Benazir Bhutto is her warm smile—and how it contrasted with the intensity of her eyes. Her nickname, "Pinky," often seemed at odds with her serious personality and driving passion for politics at Harvard and later... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Oxford University • Harvard • Oxford Union

Bhutto Is Laid to Rest

Husband calls on government to resign; hundreds of thousands mourn

Dec 28, 07 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto has been buried alongside her father in her family mausoleum outside the southern city of Naudero. The Times of London reports that hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets as the funeral cortege made its way through the town. Her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, and their three... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party

Mobs Throng Bhutto Procession

Slain leader will be buried alongside her father in family mausoleum

Dec 28, 07 6:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Benazir Bhutto's funeral procession made its way today through the southern town of Naudero, where thousands of mourners thronged the streets as her coffin was taken to the family mausoleum. Draped in the flag of the Pakistan People's Party, the simple wooden casket was transported through the grieving crowds as... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Pakistan People's Party

Did the US
Do Enough
for Bhutto?

American officials too trusting of Musharraf security, say critics

Dec 28, 07 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Finger pointing has begun in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—and several fingers are pointing at Washington, reports Time magazine. Critics say the White House is so committed to supporting President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war against terror, that the US has been too... More »

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Joe Biden • Taliban • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Hussain Haqqani • Peter Galbraith • Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation • Center for American Progress • U.S. Central Command • al-Qaeda

Bhutto: If I Die, Blame Musharraf

Wrote of concerns in email just weeks before death

Dec 28, 07 4:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto sent an email to a US adviser and close friend two months ago saying that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would share the blame if she was killed, CNN reports. Bhutto said his government had denied her request for extra security after the October attempt... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination

Pitched Power Battle Triggered by Bhutto Death

More upheaval as parties jockey
for control in chaos

Dec 28, 07 3:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto will exacerbate already fraught tensions between competing Pakistani political parties, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bhutto's secular, generally pro-Western Pakistan Peoples' Party was expected to do well in upcoming parliamentary elections, but the future of the PPP is now uncertain in the aftermath of Bhutto's... More »

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

Sharif Calls for Election Boycott

Opposition leader demands Musharraf quit

Dec 28, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif called on his countrymen to boycott the coming elections and demanded President Pervez Musharraf resign following the shocking assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Sharif, 57, long a political adversary of Bhutto, rushed to the hospital in Rawalpindi and sat silently by her body after she... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • Nawaz Sharif • boycott • Pakistan Muslim League • Zia ul Haq • Aftab Sherpao

Bhutto's Body Flown Home

She will be buried near her father; nine dead in rioting

Dec 27, 07 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The body of Benazir Bhutto was flown to her ancestral homeland in Pakistan Friday as riots in the wake of her assassination claimed the lives of at least nine people. Police reported widespread unrest in Karachi and across the country, CNN reports. TV footage showed Bhutto supporters torching cars and... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • funeral

Photographer Recalls Bhutto's Final Moments

"She was clearly in her element"

Dec 27, 07 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - In the final moments before she was assassinated, Benazir Bhutto waved to supporters from the sunroof of her vehicle and was "clearly in her element," photographer John Moore, who snapped the last photos of Bhutto, tells CNN. In a crowd of 5,000 to 8,000, "she... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • John Moore

Bhutto Killing:
US Hopefuls React, Adjust

Clinton, McCain, Biden play up foreign policy experience

Dec 27, 07 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - On the campaign trail today, would-be presidents reacted to the murder of Benazir Bhutto by shifting tone and focusing on their foreign policy bona fides. In Iowa, Hillary Clinton talked about her friendship with Bhutto, which spanned the dozen years since she stood on line with Chelsea to meet the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Pakistan • Mike Huckabee • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • foreign policy • campaign • Election 2008

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