Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto's Death Deals Blow To US's Diplomatic Efforts

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has dealt a severe blow to U.S. efforts to restore stability and democracy in a tu...

Sam Stein

Obama And Clinton Delicately Spar In Wake Of Bhutto's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The early expressions of sorrow over the assassination of former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday morning turned into delicate and carefull...

Anchors Cancel Vacations To Cover Bhutto Assassination

TVNewser | Steve Krakauer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Keith Olbermann will be cutting his vacation short to cover the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as he returns tonight to anchor Countdown. The Bhutto ...

Stocks Skid After Bhutto's Death, Durable Goods News

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Wall Street skidded Thursday after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and after the Commerce Department's durable goods o...

Timing Is Everything: New Giuliani Ad May Benefit From Bhutto

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Today Rudy Giuliani dropped a new presidential ad, in which he finally -- and unsurprisingly -- plays the 9/11 card.

Jason Linkins

Scarborough Assesses The Electoral Impact of Bhutto Assassination

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


MSNBC's Joe Scarborough offered a somewhat blinkered assessment of how the assassination of Benazir Bhutto will impact the 2008 presidential race. Th...

Sen. Arlen Specter, In Pakistan, Tells MSNBC: I Learned Of Bhutto Death From CNN

TVNewser | Chris Ariens | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In the NoonET hour of MSNBC's coverage of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto anchor Tamron Hall interviewed Sen. Arlen Specter, who is in Islamabad. ...

Benazir Bhutto: Seconds Before Death

NY Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, just seconds before she was assassinated leaving an election rally near the capital, Islamabad, on Thu...

Richardson to Musharraf: Step Down!

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Denison, Iowa---Democratic presidential hopeful and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson released a statement reacting to the assassination of Pakistan...

Benazir Bhutto: Bush Reacts

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"To Benazir Bhutto, to her friends, to her supporters, we send our condolences to the families of the others who were killed in today's violence, and ...

Jason Linkins

"This Is A Big Win For Al-Qaeda...The World Has To Pay Attention."

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the starkest analysis was offered by political analyst Raghida Dergham: MIKA BRZEZINSKI: What concerns...

Video: Bhutto Talks About The Possibility Of Her Assassination

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Benazir Bhutto spoke about the possibility of her assassination twice to CNN. In these eerie videos, Bhutto said she knew she was putting her life at ...

Bhutto Death, Durable Goods Data Send Stocks Down

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Stocks fell in early trading Thursday after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and after the U.S. government reported a w...

Bhutto Assassination: '08 Candidates React

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the assassination of Benazir Bhutto underscores a need for the U.S. to increase its effo...

Benazir Bhutto Supporters Attacked Leaving Rally, 20 Feared Dead

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A suicide bomber attacked supporters of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as they were leaving a rally on Thursday and at least 20 people wer...

Musharraf Retires as Pakistan Army Chief

Associated Press | Munir Ahmad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

Deputy Secretary Of State Negroponte Urges Pakistan To End Emergency Rule

Bloomberg | Khaleeq Ahmed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must lift the state of emergency he declared this month and release all political detainees, U.S. Deputy Secretary...

Sectarian Violence Between Sunnis, Shiites Leaves 90 Dead In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims clashed Sunday in a northwestern Pakistan town where three days of sectarian violence has left 91 people _ most of them...

Benazir Bhutto Slams Musharraf In New CNN Interview

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto spoke to Wolf Blitzer, on CNN's Late Edition, about the current crisis in Pakistan. Blitzer asked Ms. ...

US: Pakistan Must End Emergency Rule

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him that emergency rule must be lifted...

Bhutto Released From House Arrest In Pakistan

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Police lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials said Friday, hours before the arrival of a senior U.S. envoy who was exp...

Pakistan Opposition Politician Imran Khan Arrested

NY Times | SALMAN MASOOD, CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The opposition politician Imran Khan emerged from hiding today to the cheers of hundreds of students at a protest demonstration against Pakistan's pre...

Pakistan Opposition Leader Khan's Connection To Hugh Grant, Princess Diana

Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The NY Times reports today on the arrest of Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan: The opposition politician Imran Khan emerged from hiding today to...

Musharraf: I'm Stepping Down As Army Chief

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday he expects to step down as army chief by the end of November and begin a new presidential term as a civ...

Fatima Bhutto: Pakistanis Favor The GOP

Celeste Fremon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Celeste Fremon

Fatima Bhutto, niece of Benazir Bhutto, recently spoke with OffTheBus about the upcoming 2008 elections, why her countrymen like the GOP, and her country's recent descent into military rule.