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TOPSHOTS Bangladeshi police drive past a burning car during clashes between police and activists on the streets of Dhaka on March 2, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ STR)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladesh deployed troops on Sunday to a town where eight people were killed in clashes between police and Islamist party supporters protesting against the conviction of party leaders on charges stemming from the country’s 1971 independence war....
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Bangladeshi activists and former freedom fighters who fought against Pakistan in the 1971 war shout slogans during a rally outside the International Crimes Tribunal court in central Dhaka on February 28, 2013. (AFP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 28, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Reuters—A Bangladesh tribunal convicted an Islamist party leader and sentenced him to death on Thursday, the third verdict by the court set up to investigate abuses during the country’s independence war, triggering widespread protests by supporters in...
