Bangladesh political stalemate lingers
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Soldiers took up positions across Bangladesh's capital Sunday to maintain order after an interim government failed to end a lingering political standoff on electoral reforms.
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Bangladesh's main opposition threatened to stage more protests if reforms promised by the country's interim government were not implemented within 24 hours.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nearly every political milestone in Bangladesh has its roots in the stately, tree-lined campus of the University of Dhaka, where student-led protests have repeatedly given rise to sweeping changes in government. So it came as little surprise to many students last month when the...
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A general strike called to protest a recent grenade attack that killed 20 people at an opposition political rally brought Bangladesh to a near standstill Monday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 6 -- Despite the candidates' colorful posters papering road signs and storefronts, the political atmosphere two weeks before Pakistan's parliamentary elections is as bleak and foreboding as the gray winter sky shrouding much of the country.
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Indications emerged Wednesday that an impasse had developed among members of the Shiite Muslim coalition that won the most votes in last month's National Assembly election, as party functionaries and representatives of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani tried for another day to apportion leadership positions in the next government.
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The army-backed authorities in Bangladesh begin talks with political parties on electoral law reforms.
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The political blame game over Bhuttoâs assassination and rising ethnic tensions raise worries about the fragility of the countryâs federal structure.
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Bangladesh celebrated the 35th anniversary of its independence on Saturday amid continuing strife ahead of parliamentary elections due next month, with rival leaders laying wreaths at a war memorial near the capital.
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Hopes of finding a solution to Northern Ireland&#39;s political deadlock stalled last night over the IRA&#39;s refusal to disarm its weapons transparently.
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Nepal's ruling parties have missed a Sunday deadline to form an interim parliament with Maoist rebels, the latest in a series of delays that have prompted a Maoist leader to question the government's commitment to a landmark peace accord.
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Bangladesh said yesterday it had not ruled out a foreign hand in a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally last week which killed 19 people and wounded more than 150.
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The election has become the focus of the deepest political crisis General Musharraf has faced.
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Parliamentary elections in Pakistan appeared set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Pakistan&#39;s political crisis deepened on Sunday after exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto vowed to return home having failed to reach a power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf.
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Bangladesh's political crisis deepened  further on Sunday after the interim government said it would  investigate reports that key state officials attended a secret  late-night meeting hosted by a former ministry adviser.
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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.