Musharraf nears deal with Bhutto

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"General Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan president, and Benazir Bhutto, his exiled rival, have almost reached a power-sharing agreement, a minister said today.

The two have been conducting not-so secret negotiations for months on such a deal, with Ms Bhutto, who has lived outside of Pakistan since 1998, calling for Gen Musharraf to step down as head of the army and become a civilian president.

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the railways minister and a close ally of the general, said the issue had been settled."

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