President Pervez Musharraf, center, attends the Pakistan National Day parade in Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday, March 23, 2008. Musharraf said Sunday that an "era of democracy" has begun, a day after his political foes named their candidate to lead a coalition government united against him. The U.S.-backed leader spoke early Sunday at a military parade celebrating Pakistan's national day to commemorate the March 23, 1940, resolution by Islamic leaders in British India that eventually led to the formation of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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