July 14, 2010 8:07 PM

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UN rejects reopening of probe into Benazir Bhutto assassination

United Nations has rejected Pakistan's appeal to reopen the probe into the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the investigation into th assassination is complete.Last week, Islamabad had raised objections to the report that was presented by a UN appointed three-panel fact finding commission in April. <br/><br/>54-year-old Bhutto was killed on December 27, 2007 when a suicide bomber exploded himself close to her car in Rawalpindi while she was campaigning for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in parliamentary and provincial elections.<br/><br/>The inquiry commission which was set up in 2009 to ascertain the facts and circumstances of Bhutto's death, concluded that the assassination could have been prevented.

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