Musharraf lifts state of emergency in Pakistan

Sunday, December 16, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf lifted a six-week-old state of emergency Saturday, telling a skeptical nation the crackdown was to save Pakistan from a conspiracy rather than ensure his own political survival.

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