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Episode 7: The Funeral

The Assassination by BBC

Feb 7, 201831:59News & Politics

Benazir speaks from the grave to lay blame for her murder. Riots mar the burial as the struggle to control the investigation begins. And her handwritten will reveals an unexpected successor. With Owen Bennett-Jones.

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