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Appointment of Caretaker Chief
28 killed, 2000 injured during movement
Says Odhikar report
A total of 28 people died and more than 2000 received injuries during October 27 to 31 centring nationwide movement over the appointment of chief adviser to the caretaker government, says a report ofhuman
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FFs' children submit memo to President
Amra Muktijoddhar Shantan (Children of freedom fighters) formed a one-hour human chain at the adjacent road of Bangabhaban in the city yesterday urging the president and chief adviser of the caretaker
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No 'real change' for Afghan women
An international women's rights group says guarantees given to Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban in 2001 have not translated into real change.
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Nepal postpones "bikini killer" appeal again
Nepal's supreme court has again postponed an appeal hearing of French national Charles Sobhraj, dubbed the "Bikini Killer" over a string of grisly murders in the 1970s, a lawyer said yesterday.
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Suicide car explodes in Afghanistan
A suicide car bomb exploded near a convoy of foreign troops outside southern Afghanistan's Kandahar city yesterday, with first reports saying three soldiers were hurt, police said.
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'Kyoto Protocol a symbolic failure'
Australia, a major coal exporter and producer of greenhouse gases, said yesterday it would use new technologies to make fossil-fuels cleaner and tackle climate change, but continued to reject the Kyoto
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South Africa's apartheid-era leader Botha dies
The leaders of the new multi-racial South Africa paid tribute Wednesday to their former enemy PW Botha, saying the late president deserved credit for paving the way to the end of the apartheid era.
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Bangalore city renamed Bengalooru
India's technology hub of Bangalore changed its name to its vernacular original Bengalooru yesterday in what is seen as a bid to appease locals upset at the influx of outsiders.
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