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Pakistan Buries Christian Politician Who Fought for Tolerance

A Christian government minister who died because he fought for tolerance was buried today, his coffin lowered into the ground in his small village as shocked Pakistanis wonder if there's anyone left who will speak for the country's most oppressed. "Today is a very sad day," said Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani during the funeral for Shahbaz Bhatti, the minorities affairs minister who was assassinated on Wednesday. "The founding father of Pakistan had one wish: He taught the people of...Full Story
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