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Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf swore seven of his allies into a caretaker government on Friday.

"An old cabinet is gone and a new cabinet -- a caretaker government -- has been sworn in," Musharraf said to applause.

"Life continues, no body is permanent. One comes, one serves, tries one's best in the interest of the nation ... and then when they have to go, that is the way of nature. They have to leave, and this is what is democracy," he said. Read full article »

CNN's Mohsin Naqvi contributed to this report.

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