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Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, addresses the 63rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2008 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)


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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. team investigating the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto visited the city Friday where she was killed.
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