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"The country has been saved from grave dangers through imposition of emergency," President Musharraf said to the country as he lifted the state of emergency. The Taliban set up a centralized command led by Baitullah Mehsud. Al Qaeda commander Rashid Rauf escaped from police custody in Islamabad. A suicide bomber killed five and wounded 11 in an attack on a military check post in Nowshere.