Army fans out across Bangladesh ahead of election
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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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Security has been tightened in Bangladesh after a strike call by the main opposition party, whose rally was targeted by bombers on Saturday.
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The two main rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote that
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The army-backed authorities in Bangladesh begin talks with political parties on electoral law reforms.
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Security forces in Pakistan are on alert ahead of expected anti-government protests on Thursday.
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Security is increased in Pakistan ahead of protests over the government's operation against Islamabad's radical Red Mosque.
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Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on  Thursday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals  killed during the independence war but the country was focused  on its present day strife ahead of elections next month.
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Four members of Bangladesh's interim government have quit in protest at the president's decision to deploy the army to restore order ahead of January's elections.
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Hundreds of opposition activists marched   in the capital Dhaka and set at least one vehicle ablaze as a   day-long strike took hold across Bangladesh on Sunday,   witnesses said.
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The battle between Indiaâs two main political parties has been watched as an indication ahead of national elections.
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Days before national elections, more than a dozen die in attack at opposition rally in Charsadda.
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Troops took up positions around Bangladesh on Sunday after the government ordered the deployment to ensure a peaceful run-up to elections next month.
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BAZARAK, AfghanistanLike virtually every adult in this Panjshir Valley village, Rahmal Beg registered to vote weeks ago. Indeed, popular enthusiasm is so high for the Oct. 9 presidential election -- the first in Afghan history -- that thousands of people in the valley have reportedly...
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The military and police closed Afghanistan&#39;s main roads and cities Friday in a huge security operation in anticipation of bomb attacks or other violence during the country&#39;s first presidential election today.
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More than 100,000 Afghan and foreign security forces were on high alert Friday, the day before the country's first direct presidential election after more than two decades of war.
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Pakistan's voters head to the polls amid tight security and tension
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Mixing of the votes cast for the first-Afghan presidential elections began in parts of the country this morning, a spokesman of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said Thursday evening.