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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Angry lawyers scuffled with police as protests erupted across Pakistan Wednesday over the removal of nation's top judge, intensifying a crisis that threatens President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's grip on power.
Musharraf suspended Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court, on March 9 on unspecified allegations that he abused his office.
Chaudhry has pursued human rights cases and rulings against the government, but officials say that was not the reason for Musharraf's decision.
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