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Bhutto Freed from House Arrest

HeadlineNov 16, 2007

In Pakistan, opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been freed from a three-day house arrest. She had been confined to her Lahore home in President General Pervez Musharraf’s crackdown on protests to his emergency rule. Bhutto has ruled out any power-sharing deal with Musharraf and is calling for a “people’s revolution” to oust his government. Her release came hours before Musharraf swore in a new Cabinet after his term officially expired. Musharraf will remain in office pending the outcome of a Supreme Court challenge to his election win last month. He’s expected to win the case, having dismissed judges who have shown independence.

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