Bhutto's assassination rocks U.S. efforts in Pakistan

Thursday, December 27, 2007 | 7:32 p.m. CST; updated 12:13 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

WASHINGTON — 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 turbulent, nuclear-armed Islamic nation that has been a critical ally in the war on terror.

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