SINGAPORE (Reuters) - World leaders urged Pakistan on Friday not to be deflected from a course toward democracy by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, calling for free and fair national elections.
Bhutto's killing after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday triggered a wave of violence in her native Sindh province, and stoked fears a Jan. 8 election meant to return Pakistan to civilian-led democracy would be put off.
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