Pakistan minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie, about the assassination of Pakistani government minister Shahbaz Bhatti today. Bhatti is the second high-profile Pakistani politician to be murdered in the last two months after speaking out against Pakistan's strict Islamic blasphemy laws.

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