Bangladesh opposition leader 'narrowly escaped assassination'
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The leader of Bangladesh's main opposition party came "as close you can possibly come" to being assassinated in an attack at a political rally in which 18 people were killed, her party said.
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Angry protests and strikes break out after a grenade attack on an opposition rally in Dhaka kills at least 18 people and narrowly misses a former prime minister.
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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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Bangladeshâs military-backed government is trying to oust two of the nationâs most prominent politicians. Theyâre not going quietly.
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Security is tight in Bangladesh after a strike call by the opposition party whose rally was targeted by bombers.
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One man was killed and 30 were injured in clashes between rival political activists on Sunday as Bangladesh was hit by a countrywide transport blockade, police said.
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THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a rocket was fired at his helicopter as it was landing in the south-eastern town of Gardez.
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Afghan warlord General Dostum escapes an apparent assassination attempt, says report.
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The interim President of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf, tells the BBC how he escaped an assassination attempt.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh Aug. 21, 2004 - A series of bombs exploded as a top Bangladeshi opposition leader was speaking at a rally from atop a truck Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds, witnesses and news reports said.
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An Islamic militant involved in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf a year ago has escaped from custody, triggering a nationwide hunt, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 18 -- Somalia's interim president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a suicide car bomber struck outside the parliament building, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.
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A Scotland Yard inquiry in the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto found that she died from the impact of a suicide bombing, not bullets fired at her moments earlier as she left a political rally, the Associated Press quoted a U.S. newspaper as saying Friday.
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A senior Bangladeshi opposition politician is injured in clashes between protesters and police in Dhaka.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A series of bombs exploded yesterday as a Bangladeshi opposition leader was speaking at a rally. At least 14 people were killed and hundreds were wounded, witnesses and news reports said.
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Prime minister unharmed in coordinated assassination attempt but president in critical condition
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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.