US wants Bangladesh emergency rule lifted, elections
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The United States on Monday urged Bangladesh authorities to lift a year-long state of emergency and hold elections before the end of 2008.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 -- President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday lifted emergency rule in Pakistan, six weeks to the day after he suspended the constitution and fired most of the Supreme Court.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30 elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule in Pakistan on Saturday in a move Western nations hope will stabilize the nuclear-armed state as Islamic militant violence spirals.
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The United States strongly criticized Pakistan's government Monday, saying it was "extremely disturbed" by a roundup of opposition leaders ahead of key court rulings on the reelection bid by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf
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A US rights group expresses concern at the move to deploy the army before elections in Bangladesh.
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U.S. offensives in rebel-held Iraqi  cities in recent weeks are part of a major push to wrest them  from insurgents before the end of December to allow local  security forces to oversee elections, U.S. commanders said.
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The United States expressed concern  on Monday about any indefinite postponement of elections in  Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and  encouraged Islamabad to go ahead with the vote.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- After keeping quiet for much of the year as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suppressed domestic opposition, the United States on Monday issued an unusually harsh rebuke to the government for locking up key political rivals ahead of next week's election.
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The United States expressed concern on Monday about any indefinite postponement of elections in Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and encouraged Islamabad to go ahead with the vote.
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential elections are due to take place in just two weeks. Senior US military officials are warning that Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters are increasing their efforts to undermine the vote.
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The American envoy in Bangladesh urged its bickering political parties to stop meddling in the electoral process and called on the interim government on Sunday to play an impartial role in the vote.
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The Bangladeshi government on Fridaymade an appeal to the reported abductors in Iraq for immediate release of its national, reported the Daily Star on Saturday.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was set to lift a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday, looking to quell fierce criticism that general elections next month will not be free and fair.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration on Sunday urged Pakistan to move ahead with free elections but declined to push Islamabad to hold the scheduled January 8 ballot after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed last week.
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DILI, East Timor, March 5 -- East Timor's president invoked emergency powers on Monday to quell unrest after hundreds of young men demanding a withdrawal of foreign troops blockaded roads with burning tires and concrete blocks. The United States issued a travel warning, and Australia said it would...