Bangladesh opposition calls off blockade: party chief
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Bangladesh's main opposition called off a four-day transport blockade after the interim government bowed to pressure to replace an election chief accused of seeking to rig January polls.
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ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Friday blocked Constitution Avenue and protested in front of Parliament House against the passage of the bill allowing President General Pervez Musharraf to hold two offices simultaneously.
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Pakistan&#39;s opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.
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A nationwide blockade called by the Bangladesh opposition to force electoral reforms ahead of January polls entered its second day despite attempts by the interim government to break the deadlock.
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A Singapore opposition leader, who   was surrounded by police in a prolonged downtown stand-off over   the right to protest, said on Sunday that he would refuse to   move until Tuesday's formal start of the IMF-World Bank   meetings.
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A South Asian summit due to start in  Bangladesh at the weekend was postponed on Wednesday after  India's prime minister pulled out because of a political crisis  in Nepal and security concerns in Bangladesh.
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The chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he and several other presidential contenders are withdrawing their rejection of Saturday's election.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh - A series of bombs exploded as a top Bangladeshi opposition leader was speaking at a rally from atop a truck Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds, witnesses and news reports said.    The main opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina, crouched low in the truck soon after the first blast occurred as she was addressing thousands outside her Awami League party's headquarters in central Dhaka...
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Bangladesh&#39;s army chief has accused politicians ousted by the military-backed government of instigating riots that prompted a new security clampdown and curfew, official media said on Sunday.
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Former premier Benazir Bhutto Monday condemned a ban on large rallies in the run-up to general elections proposed by the government after last week's deadly suicide attack on her convoy.
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Maoist rebels in Nepal say they are suspending a blockade of the capital, Kathmandu that has been in effect for a week.
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Bangladesh's main opposition said an indefinite transport blockade due to begin Sunday would go ahead after talks with the president failed to resolve the party's demands for electoral reform.
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A senior Bangladeshi opposition politician is injured in clashes between protesters and police in Dhaka.
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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh yesterday after the main opposition party called a general strike to demand the government resign over a deadly grenade attack on a political rally.
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Bangladesh's main opposition suspended its transport blockade saying it wanted to give the interim government time to deliver on its promises, amid fatal violence between opposition supporters.
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Security is tight in Bangladesh after a strike call by the opposition party whose rally was targeted by bombers.
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Angry protests broke out in Bangladesh Sunday in reaction to a grenade attack that killed nearly 20 people at a political rally by the country&#39;s main opposition movement.