Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto returned to her motherland after 8 years of self-imposed exile. It was estimated that there were about 150,000 supporters welcoming Bhutto at Karachi.
Bhutto, who fled the country in 1999 after being charged with corruption, is expected to share power with President Pervez Musharraf.
Link Update: On the way from Karachi Airport to the tomb of Pakistan's founding father, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Benazir Bhutto narrowly escaped a suicide bombing that shattered her homecoming procession and killed 126 people hours after she returned to Pakistan from exile pledging to fight extremism and promote democracy.
Update: Benazir Bhutto's (very fluent English) speech after assassination attempt:
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