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Pakistan Cracks Down on Protesters
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 29, 2007
Filed at 4:52 p.m. ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Police used tear gas and batons to disperse lawyers protesting Saturday against legal rulings clearing the way for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to run for another five-year term.
A day after the Supreme Court dismissed several petitions challenging Musharraf's bid for re-election, the Election Commission on Saturday approved his candidacy in a ruling expected to be challenged.
Police first tried to disperse the lawyers, then turned on journalists covering the chaotic clashes. Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim was also caught up in the melee, receiving a few punches from protesters before being bundled into a car by aides and driven away.
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Tear gas and truncheons against lawyers. Sounds good to me. A ruthless and dictatorial military leader, Musharraf is twisting the arms of …