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Bangladesh Mutiny: Troops Find Mass Graves, Raising Death Toll To Over 50

AP | JULHAS ALAM | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Firefighters searching the headquarters compound of Bangladesh's border guards on Friday uncovered the grisly results of the...

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Bangladesh: Mutiny Over After Tanks Enter Capital

AP | JULHAS ALAM | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Bangladesh Revolt, Bangladesh, Mutiny, Bangladesh Violence, Bangladesh Troops, Bangladesh Border Guards, Bangladesh Violence 2009, Asia, Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Mutiny, World News

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Tanks rolled through the Bangladeshi capital in a show of force that finally persuaded mutinous border guards to lay down th...

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Bangladesh Troops Revolt, Leading General Allegedly Killed

The Guardian | Randeep Ramesh | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Bangladesh Revolt, Dhaka Revolt, Bangldesh Troops Revolt, Bangladesh, Dhaka Mutiny, Dhaka, Bangladesh Mutiny, Asia, Major General Shakil Ahmed, Shakil Ahmed, World News

Soldiers in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, have revolted against senior officers apparently over rations and pay, with television reports claiming the...

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Bangladesh's Rats Spark Fears Of Bubonic Plague Outbreak

BBC NEWS | By Mark Dummett | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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Scientists have warned of the possibility of an outbreak of bubonic plague in south-east Bangladesh because of the growing population of rats....

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Bangla Ferry Capsizes, Kills 27

Samaylive.com | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Ferry Crash, Kirtonkhola River, Bangla Ferry Capsizes, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, South Asia, Bangladesh, Ferry Capsize, ML Sahmida Happy, Ferry Capsizes in Bangladesh, World News

At least 27 people were killed and several others went missing today when a boat carrying them capsized after it was rammed by a sand-trawler in south...

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Loser rejects results in Bangladesh's election

AP | FARID HOSSAIN | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's first election in seven years was called largely free, fair and the most peaceful in decades, but the bitter fe...

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Bangladesh Holds First Election In 7 Years

AP | JULHAS ALAM | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's political alliance won a landslide victory in elections aimed at restoring democracy t...

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UK Doctor Drugged, Forced To Wed In Bangladesh

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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LONDON — Britain's High Court issued an order Friday preventing a London-based doctor from being removed from the U.K. without her consent after...

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A Journey Across the Ground Zero of Global Warming

Johann Hari | Posted 12.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Poverty, Bangladesh, Islamic Extremists, Climate Change, Green News
Johann Hari

This spring, I took a month-long road trip across a country that we -- you, me and everyone we know -- are killing: Bangladesh.

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Hey John McCain -- Is Your Daughter "Decent" Too?

Marissa Moss | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Islam, John McCain, Bridget McCain, Race, Barack Obama Muslim Smear, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marissa Moss

Whether it's from McCain's lips or his scary campaign mouthpieces, it doesn't matter much: he's simply not doing enough to stop these lies.

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Bring Back Trust in Banking: Some Ideas from Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Grameen, Clinton Global Initiative, Trust, Finance, Nobel Peace Prize, Banking Crisis, Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, Legal, Asian Currency Crisis, US Stock Market Crisis, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, US Stock Market, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We all need to believe in and have trust in our banks, or the whole thing comes tumbling down.

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Bangladesh Arrests 10,000 In One Week In Anti-Crime Crackdown

AP | FARID HOSSAIN | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's military-led security forces said Wednesday they have detained more than 10,000 people in a nationwide anti-cri...

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Bangladesh Cyclone Kills Up To 15,000

Daily Telegrah | Peter Foster | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Up to 15,000 people were killed and seven million lives left devastated by the cyclone in Bangladesh last week, aid agencies have said as the full ext...

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Bangladesh Cyclone Kills Thousands

AP | PARVEEN AHMED | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The death toll from a cyclone that devastated Bangladesh has surpassed 2,200, officials said Sunday, while rescuers struggled through blocked paths to...

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Bangladesh Cyclone Death Toll Hits 1700

AP | PARVEEN AHMED | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Tropical Cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh Cyclone, Banglasdesh Disaster, Bangladesh, Home News

The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday -- the deadliest storm to hit the coun...

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