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State of emergency in Pakistan

In a move expected to put off elections due in January Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and deployed troops across the capital in a bid to reassert his flagging authority against political rivals and Islamist militants. The state of emergency came after a tide of rising violence and political turmoil in the country.

Reuters | November 3, 2007Watch more videos from Reuters

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