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Dozens of security forces surrounded opposition leader and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's house Friday and cordoned off nearby streets, hours before a massive rally organized by her Pakistan People's Party against the state of emergency was due to start, sources close to Bhutto told CNN.

The sources said police have not served Bhutto an official house arrest notice, but according to local media reports she has been denied visitors and cannot leave her home.

Friday's rally in Rawalpindi -- a city outside Islamabad where Pakistan's military is based -- has been outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf's emergency order, but Bhutto has been hoping fellow opposition parties will put their differences aside and attend the rally as a challenge to Musharraf's government. Read full article »

CNN's Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad and Ed Henry in Washington contributed to this report.

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