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Bhutto's widower to become Pakistan's next president (Urgent)
Sep 6, 2008, 10:05 GMT
Islamabad - Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was elected president of Pakistan Saturday by the country's lawmakers.
According to unofficial results, he gained 460 electoral votes in two houses of the parliament and three provincial assemblies. The results of 65 electoral votes from eastern Punjab province's assembly had yet to come.
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