Pakistan releases Benazir Bhutto, swears in caretaker government
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The government lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, police said Friday, hours before the arrival in Pakistan of a senior US official expected to urge the country's military leader to end emergency rule.
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf meanwhile pressed ahead with plans for parliamentary elections, despite the threat of an opposition boycott, by swearing in a caretaker administration. (AP)
