BHUTTO DEMAND INTERNATIONAL HELP
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Karachi, Oct 27, 2007 : Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Friday formally asked the government to request assistance from the US and the Britain in carrying out investigations in the October 18 bombing of her rally. Bhutto along with opposition leader is scheduled to visit her ancestral village today to pray at the tomb where her father was buried after being overthrown and hung three decades ago.
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