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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : Benazir Bhutto</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Benazir+Bhutto/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Benazir Bhutto</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>A Lesson of the Bhutto Assassination</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/28/a-lesson-of-the-bhutto-assassination.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:551</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Larimore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/551.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=551</wfw:commentRss><description>Watching the tragedy of Benazir Bhutto's assassination unfold Thursday should have provided a sobering reality check for everyone who bemoans the state of politics in this country. We can go on endlessly about how divided our electorate is, about how...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/28/a-lesson-of-the-bhutto-assassination.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=551" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/politics/default.aspx">politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Benazir+Bhutto/default.aspx">Benazir Bhutto</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/debate/default.aspx">debate</category></item><item><title>At Least We Know Who's the Unsafe Candidate</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/27/at-least-we-know-who-s-the-unsafe-candidate.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:544</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Larimore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/544.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=544</wfw:commentRss><description>You might be right, Melinda , that experience doesn't make Hillary Clinton or John McCain the "safe" candidate in light of the Bhutto assassination. (I'll admit I've found myself warming to McCain while he survived the greatly exaggerated reports of his...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/27/at-least-we-know-who-s-the-unsafe-candidate.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=544" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/John+McCain/default.aspx">John McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Bill+Richardson/default.aspx">Bill Richardson</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/_2700_08+election/default.aspx">'08 election</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Benazir+Bhutto/default.aspx">Benazir Bhutto</category></item><item><title>Benazir Bhutto</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/27/benazir-bhutto.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:538</guid><dc:creator>Dahlia Lithwick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/538.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=538</wfw:commentRss><description>Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today at a rally near Islamabad. A suicide bomber reportedly shot her at close range then detonated an explosive, killing Bhutto and 20 others. Bhutto was a complicated woman—underneath the traditional...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/12/27/benazir-bhutto.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=538" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/feminism/default.aspx">feminism</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/foreign+policy/default.aspx">foreign policy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/family/default.aspx">family</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Benazir+Bhutto/default.aspx">Benazir Bhutto</category></item></channel></rss>