Bangladesh eases curfew after violence subsides
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Traffic poured onto the streets of Bangladesh's main cities on Friday as the army-backed interim government relaxed a curfew imposed two days ago to quell street violence, allowing people to venture out to buy essentials.
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Bangladesh's military-backed government relaxed a curfew today brought in to quell student riots that had rocked the country's campuses after security forces arrested four university professors who were arch-critics of the regime.
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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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Four Sunni mosques were attacked today following yesterdayâs explosions at a revered Shiite shrine, but calm prevailed after curfews were imposed.
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Baghdad authorities on Monday lifted a three-day curfew imposed on the city after the worst bombing since the U.S. invasion, but nerves were on edge amid fears of further violence.
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By PARVEEN AHMED Associated Press Writer DHAKA, Bangladesh . About 10,000 riot police and paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of the capital Sunday and stores and schools were closed across the country
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The western Afghan city of Herat was calm yesterday following bloody clashes between supporters of the powerful ousted governor and US and Afghan forces sent to keep the peace.
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Authorities cracking down on violence in southern Nigeria&#39;s oil capital Port Harcourt have extended for the second time a curfew in the city.
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Violence spread across Bangladesh yesterday, a day after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and wounded hundreds.
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Businesses reopened and traffic resumed in Bangladesh's major cities Saturday as authorities relaxed a curfew imposed to quell violent anti-government protests and announced the arrests of at least 144 people.
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Troops took up positions around the  Bangladeshi capital and in all major cities and towns on Sunday  after the government ordered the deployment to ensure a  peaceful run-up to elections next month.
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BAGHDAD -- Nearly simultaneous attacks against two police stations and a Shi'ite Muslim mosque killed at least 29 Iraqis here yesterday, ending the relative lull in violence in the capital that had followed US-led offensives against insurgents in Fallujah and northern Babil Province.
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A senior UN official has said the recent upsurge in violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be abating.
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Extra armed police patrolled the streets  of the Bangladeshi capital and traffic was light on Sunday, a  working day, as shocked Bangladeshis woke up to the aftermath  of grenade blasts that killed at least 17 people.
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Somali authorities have announced plans to impose a curfew on the capital, where at least five people were killed on Thursday in the latest violence to undermine government attempts to restore law.
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YANGON, Myanmar  -- Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew and ending a ban on assembly imposed after a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in decades.
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The Afghan government has imposed a curfew in the western city of Herat, after a day of riots over the dismissal of the powerful local governor.