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A Pakistani helicopter carrying the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer departs for his burial in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistanis wave at a helicopter carrying the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer as it departs for burial in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Pakistani rescue workers and mourners bury the coffin of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in a cemetry in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Sheraz)
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, center, and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, right, arrive to attend the funeral of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Pakistani lawyers chant slogans in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, during his appearance in a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Taseer was killed on Tuesday allegedly by his bodyguard commando, who reportedly was enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A Pakistani greets Mumtaz Qadri, third from right, the alleged killer of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, as he arrives at a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Lawyers showered rose petals over the suspected killer of the prominent Pakistani governor when he arrived at court Wednesday, and an influential group of Muslim scholars praised the assassination of Mr. Taseer, an outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A Pakistani mourner reacts during the funeral procession of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor, who was shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Pakistanis carry the body of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, who was shot dead allegedly by one of his guards, to an ambulance at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The killing was the highest-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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A Pakistani mourner grieves during the funeral procession of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore ahead of the funeral for the outspoken provincial governor, who was shot dead allegedly by a bodyguard reportedly enraged by Mr. Taseer's opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Mr. Taseer, a high-profile, 66-year-old businessman and media tycoon, was a stalwart of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and his assassination Tuesday sent nuclear-armed Pakistan reeling at a time of great political turmoil. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Pakistani police officers collect evidence at the scene where Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer was shot dead allegedly by one of his guards in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Mumtaz Qadri, right, the bodyguard who allegedly killed Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, sits in police custody in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. An intelligence official interrogating the suspect told the Associated Press that the bearded elite force police commando was boasting about the assassination, saying he was proud to have killed a blasphemer. The killing was the highest-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. (AP Photo/Irfan Ali)
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Mumtaz Qadri (center), a commando in Pakistan's Elite Force who is being held in the killing of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, sits in a police van in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Tariq Waseem)
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Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (center at rear), charged with assassinating the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, sits in a police van in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Mr. Qadri boasted of the assassination, saying he was proud to have killed "a blasphemer." (Associated Press)
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Pakistani familes bury their children during the partial solar eclipse in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Superstitious people hope that burying ailing person during solar eclipse will cure them. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
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Commando of Pakistan's Elite force, Mumtaz Qadri, right, who purportedly killed Punjab's governor Salman Taseer, sits in a police custody in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Irfan Ali)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistani Punjab Province, talks to reporters after meeting with Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, not in photo, at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Taseer was shot dead Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, by one of his guards in the Pakistani capital, apparently because he had spoken out against the country's controversial blasphemy laws, officials said. (AP Photo/File)
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Chaudary Shujjat Hussain, center, talks to media after meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, as former Chief Minister of Punjab's province Pervez Ellani, right, looks on, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Mr. Gilani tried to keep his government from collapsing after a key party said it was quitting the ruling coalition, leaving the government short of majority support in parliament. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during a meeting with the Pakistani National Disaster Management Authority, in Islamabad on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Pakistan's U.S.-allied ruling party scrambled Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, to keep its fragile coalition government in power after a party quit the coalition. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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An Afghan soldier chops wood at Badel Combat Outpost in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in Sadukheil village near Landi Kotel, in Pakistan's Khyber Tribal region along Afghan border on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Three American missile attacks killed 54 alleged militants on Friday in the Khyber tribal region close to the Afghan border, an unusually high number of victims that included commanders of a Taliban-allied group that were holding a meeting, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/Amir Zada)
