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India's opposition BJP party calls a shutdown in Hyderabad to protest against Saturday's twin blasts.
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A shortage of fuel in Nepal prompted by strikes and protests in the south forced the shutdown of much of the capital's public transportation system Wednesday
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World News, Kathmandu, Three people were killed, over a dozen vehicles torched and a global march to empower people at the grassroots was disrupted as Maoist insurgents Tuesday enforced a 48-hour shutdown in six regions of Nepal.
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A two day general strike called by the political opposition has shut down much of Bangladesh. The strike is the latest protest against a grenade attack on a political rally that killed 20 people and injured more than a hundred.
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Shops and businesses were closed in most parts of Kashmir's main city on Thursday in protest against the killing of an aide to a top Kashmiri separatist leader.
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Much of Italy has been shut down Tuesday by a general strike called by unions to protest Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's economic policy.
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Iraq will close its land borders from  Jan. 29 to 31 and impose a curfew banning all non-official  vehicles from the roads over the same period to try to prevent  attacks on election day, officials said on Tuesday.
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Bangladeshi businesses, schools and shops are closed, as a second general strike in a week takes place. The strike is in protest at a grenade attack a week ago on a rally addressed by the opposition Awami
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The world-famous Taj Mahal was closed to tourists after officials in the Indian city of Agra imposed a curfew following rioting that left one person dead and 50 hurt.
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Iraq will close its land borders from Jan. 29 to 31 and impose a curfew banning all non-official vehicles from the roads over the same period to try to prevent attacks on election day, officials said on Tuesday.
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India is to reduce its troop deployments in the disputed territory of Kashmir this winter, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced.
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NEW DELHI: Indiaâs premier vowed on Saturday to put down with &quot;force and determination&quot; Kashmiri groups &quot;crossing over&quot; to Indian Held Kashmir from Pakistan to stage attacks.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his government was taking measures to stop terror groups from covertly raising funds for their operations on India's sizzling stock markets.
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The latest crackdown comes before a protest planned this week against new government curbs on the news media, a government official acknowledged Wednesday.
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Opposition activists have brought many towns and cities in Bangladesh to a halt, the day after 18 people died in explosions at a political rally.
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Nepal's embattled government offered  to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the  capital on Friday after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and  around Kathmandu, officials said.
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BAGHDAD -- A citywide clampdown emptied Baghdad's streets of all vehicles yesterday in attempts to hold off what authorities dread: a storm of Shi'ite attacks in revenge for the bombing of one of their main shrines.