Posted AT 2:19 AM EST on 28/12/07
The West's 'fix' was never in
Few world leaders have raised such extravagant expectations as Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto.
Smart, brave, glamorous, she charmed the world when she became the first woman elected prime minister of a Muslim nation at age 35 and charmed it again when she returned from exile this fall to defy death threats and campaign for democracy.
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