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Masai wait to cast their ballots in front of a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km (53 miles) south of Nairobi March 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
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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)
Bangladesh Deploys Army After More Violence Over Tribunal
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....Caption:
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)
Fifteen Die in Protests at Bangladesh Islamist’s Death Sentence
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...Caption:
Image grab taken from NILE TV shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi giving an address on January 27, 2013 (AFP PHOTO)
Crisis in Egypt Continues
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat–Protesters and police in Egypt continue to clash for a fifth day, despite a presidential state of emergency declaration in three provinces hit hardest by the violence. Yesterday, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of...Caption:
Egyptians react in the Egyptian canal city of Port Said on January 26, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/STR)