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Throwing acid to settle scores on the rise in Bangladesh

Nasima, 35, received serious burn injuries earlier this month as men threw acid on her after she refused to withdraw a court case against those ...
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Georgia could withdraw from Games: Official

Georgia could withdraw from the Beijing Olympics in protest at the fighting in the troubled enclave of South Ossetia, a spokesman for the 35-strong delegation ...
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Students withdraw strike

The eight agitating students unions have agreed to withdraw their protests after the government expressed commitment to fully implement its decision to provide them 45 ...
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NC-Siraha withdraws strike

The strike was withdrawn after a meeting between the local administration and the NC-Siraha agreed to guarantee peaceful management in the district and to take ...
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Zimbabwe Oppn withdraws from run off

ZANU-PF militia dressed in army regalia have been deployed to spearhead the terror campaign in the rural and urban areas,'' he said.''The use of guns and arms of war by ZANU-PF militia and war veterans to campaign for ZANU-PF has virtually militarised the election atmosphere,'' he added.Tsvangirai called on the United Nations, the European Union and the Southern African regional bloc to intervene.Tsvangirai said he would put forward new proposals by Wednesday on how take the country forward.He did not provide any details about what the proposals would include.Tsvangirai said thousands of ZANU-PF ruling party militantsblockaded the site of the opposition party's main campaign rally.The ZANU-PF youth militia set up road blocks at the main approach streets to Harare's show ground to prevent opposition supporters from reaching the venue, ripped branches from trees and hurled stones at cars.The European Union threatened additional sanctions against the Zimbabwean government on Friday and even African countries such as Angola, traditionally sympathetic toward Mugabe, voiced concern.Mugabe meanwhile accused the opposition of lying over political violence to justify claims that next week's presidential run off election would not be free and fair.Speaking at a campaign rally in the western city of Bulawayo on Saturday, he said the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was compiling names of alleged victims of violence and falsely claiming that their supporters were being beaten by soldiers.Mugabe, Zimbabwe's head of government since 1980, was lauded early in his rule for campaigning for racial reconciliation, but in recent years, he has been accused of ruining the economy and holding onto power through fraud and intimidation.The economic slide of what was once the region's breadbasket has been blamed on the collapse of the key agriculture sector after often-violent seizures of farmland from whites....
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