Landslide vote picks Bhutto's widower as Pakistani president

Sunday, September 7, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants.

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