Saturday, November 10, 2007

Chaos In Pakistan - Update One

Chaos In Pakistan
State Of Emergency Order

Update One
Saturday
, November 10, 2007
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CNN.com has this Saturday morning report and it starts off like this... Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, prevented from leading a protest rally a day earlier, [and temporarily put under house arrest,] left her house Saturday to join demonstrations against a state of emergency as the government set a one month deadline for its removal... Bhutto joined journalists angry over a media blackout imposed on all independent news channels since November 3 has limited broadcasts of the festering political crisis, although anyone with satellite service can receive some of the barred networks, which include CNN...
Read the rest at link below...

Bhutto rejoins Pakistan protests
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* REUTERS.com has this report...
Police blocked opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from visiting Pakistan's deposed chief justice on Saturday and President Pervez Musharraf resisted U.S. calls to end emergency rule... Bhutto, herself kept under house arrest for most of Friday, tried to approach former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's home where he is being detained... Police parked trucks on the road to block her path...
Read their report in full at link below...
Pakistan police block Bhutto again
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* SKYNEWS.com...

The Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been prevented from meeting the country's deposed chief justice - her way barred by police in Islamabad...
Freed Bhutto Kept Back By Police
(Has news video)
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* FOXNews.com...
Pakistan announced plans to lift its state of emergency within one month and allowed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her villa following a day under house arrest, as the country sought Saturday to restore its battered image at home and abroad... Suspected militants have abducted scores of soldiers in the region in recent weeks, including eight on Saturday...
Pakistan to End Emergency Rule Next Month; Bhutto Leaves Home; Soldiers Abducted
(Has photos/videos and more)
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Pakistan Emergency To End
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About Video: Pakistan's Attorney General has said that emergency rule will be lifted 'in a month'
Video/Info posted on LiveLeak by
barnesy
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Photo Credits: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto photo from Wikipedia – Musharraf file photo from PresidentOfPakistan.Gov website

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