The courts have revived charges against Mr. Musharraf in four cases.
There were also indications of a whispering campaign as media outlets in South Africa and the UK were tipped off about the issues surrounding him overnight, before news of the revived charges broke.
Meanwhile, the Administration also revived charges that the Iranian leadership has been involved in the killing of American soldiers in Iraq: both directly, by dispatching commando units into Iraq, and indirectly, by supplying materials used for roadside bombs and other lethal goods.
Right or wrong, said Karima Brown, the political editor of the South African newspaper Business Day, many will see Friday's announcement of revived charges as an attempt to sabotage Mr. Zuma's career before he can absorb what is left of Mr. Mbeki's domain.
But the political opposition could also benefit from Mr. Obuchi's death, which has revived charges that the government deliberately deceived the public by releasing misleading information and disguising the gravity of Mr. Obuchi's condition in the days following his stroke.
At a news conference today at his ranch with Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, Mr. Bush also revived charges against Iran and Syria, warning that they would be "held accountable" if they continued to aid terrorists in the Middle East or disrupted the occupation of Iraq.
NumbersUSA, a leading anti-immigration group, is reviving charges that an immigration overhaul would drive down wages for middle- and low- income workers.
Amid tight security and a blaze of publicity, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appeared before the Supreme Court to explain why he had failed to revive charges in Switzerland against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari.
Nowhere in the revived complaint was there any mention of the charge that Mr. Demjanjuk could be Ivan, the accusation at the center of the original charges.
Finally, Breckinridge's cousin, California's Edward C. Marshall, charged that Butler would name Breckinridge Attorney General in exchange for his support and revived the charge that Breckinridge broke party ranks, supporting Zachary Taylor for president.
