Pakistan parties waver on boycott

AP Photo: Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto speaks to the media at her headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan,...

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By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Opposition parties wavered Wednesday on whether to boycott crucial Pakistani elections, backing off their most strident calls to shun the vote unless President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ends his state of emergency.

The government continued to roll back a wave of repression, freeing several hundred more opponents across the country, as the president returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss the future of an exiled rival, Nawaz Sharif. READ MORE