President Pervez Musharraf swore in a loyalist of slain ex-leader Benazir Bhutto as prime minister Tuesday, as two top U.S. envoys held talks with Pakistan's old and new leaders.
A key figure in the new government said it would review Musharraf's strategy against Islamic extremism and that Pakistan _ wracked by suicide bombs _ must not be sacrificed to ease terrorist threats elsewhere.
Yousaf Raza Gilani, who will front the incoming civilian-led administration, took the oath from the U.S.-backed president at a stiff ceremony in Islamabad.
Seated side-by-side on a raised dais and flanked by two honor guards with white and gold-braided uniform, …
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