B'desh activists clash again over election, 1 dead
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Rival activists armed with home-made bombs and sticks fought for a third straight day across Bangladesh on Wednesday, witnesses said, as a political crisis gripped the country ahead of January elections.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh was in turmoil last night after co-ordinated grenade attacks targeting a senior opposition leader killed at least 18 people and wounded hundreds.
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A Sunni group that had called for a delay in voting quietly files its slate for balloting. â¢ Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday in clashes in Baghdad and the volatile city of Ramadi.
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Political activists set fire to two election commission offices in Bangladesh on Tuesday, as a 14-party alliance began a new campaign to force the ouster of top election officials.
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One person dies and dozens are hurt in Bangladesh as supporters of rival political groups clash during a strike.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh held  more protests on Monday against a deadly grenade attack as  authorities posted extra police on the streets to guard against  violence.
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At least one demonstrator was killed and two others injured in violent clashes between demonstrators and local police and American soldiers in the western Afghan city of Herat
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Followers of a Senegalese religious leader allied to President Abdoulaye Wade attacked supporters of a rival candidate late on Wednesday, injuring at least three people and raising tensions days ahead of elections.
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One of the candidates Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was fielding in the Jan. 30 elections was killed in the southern city of Basra on Tuesday, officials in Baghdad and Basra said.
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Two people were reported killed in a protest over Afghan President Karzai&#39;s decision to replace a powerful provincial governor.
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At least 12 Afghan soldiers are dead after fighting in the south with Taliban fighters, say provincial officials. Thursday&#39;s fighting was a sharp escalation in violence ahead of next month&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Legal wrangling over President Gen. Pervez Musharraf 's re-election bid intensified Monday after exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto accused the general's allies of pushing Pakistan toward a dangerous crisis by refusing to restore democracy and share power.
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Lebanon's opposition buried on Tuesday an anti-government demonstrator whose death in a street skirmish has raised sectarian tensions and the army's commander warned his forces might not be able to control the streets.
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Benazir Bhutto's party was to discuss  a successor to the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday  and decide whether to contest an election due in little over a  week, as controversy swirled about exactly how she died.
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A candidate in January&#39;s Palestinian presidential election says he has been detained and beaten by Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
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Activists trying to invade a Swiss-owned biotech seed farm clashed with guards and at least two people were shot dead, authorities and the company said Monday.
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Benazir Bhutto's party challenged the  Pakistani government's version of the opposition leader's  assassination as fresh violence on Saturday stoked fears that  January 8 elections could be put off.