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Pakistan: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (pub. Jan. 7, 2008)

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The assassination on Dec. 27, 2007, of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, resulted in escalating violence in Pakistan, especially in Karachi, the capital of Sindh, Bhutto's home province.  The Guardian reported that as of Jan. 1, 58 people had been killed in rioting and 13 polling stations had experienced arson attacks.

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