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DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST
December 28, 2007
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TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
* Pakistan in Turmoil after Benazir Bhutto's Assassination *
Hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis attend the funeral of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan¹s political future remains unclear and riots erupted as news of Bhutto¹s assassination spread across the country. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has blamed Islamic militants for carrying out the assassination, but several associates of Bhutto have accused Musharraf himself of having a role. In an email sent to a confidant in the US two months ago, Benazir Bhutto wrote that Musharraf should be held ³responsible² if she was assassinated, because his government did not do enough to provide for her security. We go to British-Pakistani author and activist Tariq Ali in London and historian Manan Ahmed in Chicago for analysis of the current crisis and Benazir Bhutto¹s checkered history.
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* Headlines for December 28, 2007 *
Hundreds of Thousands Attend Funeral of Bhutto International Community Condemns Assassination of Bhutto
Bhutto: Hold Musharraf Responsible For My Death Obama Campaign Links Iraq War to Bhutto¹s Death Democrats Spend Records Amount on TV Ads in Iowa Olmert Refuses to Stop Construction of Jewish Settlements U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 3,900 Kenya Holds Presidential Elections GOP In Kansas Admits To Vote Caging
 
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