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Saturday, 09/06/2008 9:34:47 AM

Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:34:47 AM

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Zardari Wins Pakistan's Presidency
By PETER WONACOTT
September 6, 2008 9:00 a.m.

ISLAMABAD -- Asif Ali Zardari won the presidency of Pakistan Saturday, in a vote that continued the country's shift from military rule and completed a political resurrection for the controversial spouse of slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The final tally from an electoral college showed Mr. Zardari with an unassailable lead of 482 votes out of 702 votes cast . The triumph reflected the political clout of his Pakistan People's Party among provincial and national assemblies as well as the Senate, which together made up the body casting the votes