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demoleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:10 AM
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Riots erupt at Bangladesh campus
Source: Al Jazeera

At least 50 students in Bangladesh have been injured in clashes with security forces at Dhaka University.

An army van was burnt and at least 50 vehicles damaged on Tuesday as violence flared for a second day after 100 students were inured in overnight clashes.

Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the students who were carrying sticks and throwing stones.

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Protests and street assemblies have been banned since the country's military-backed interim government took power on January 12 after months of political violence.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78989191-9956-4255-9DFF-6AE2AC95C093.htm



Students protest against the military presence at the university.
The Campus involves 40000 students. Many call for strike.
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ohio2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:48 AM
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1. Why is the army camped out on campus in the first place ?
Only al Jazeera covering it?
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demoleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:56 AM
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2. "Bangladesh hit by student riots " - BBC
"Students across Bangladesh have fought with riot police in what correspondents say is the most serious challenge yet to the military-backed government.
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Many of the demonstrators called for the country to return to democracy, which the government has promised to restore by the end of next year.

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The BBC's Waliur Rahman in Dhaka says that two other military governments in the past - that of Ziaur Rahman and Muhammad Ershad - were both brought down in protests that were started by students.
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The current trouble was sparked by an argument between a group of students and members of an army unit that has been garrisoned at Dhaka University since January."

BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6956567.stm

I tried on The Times of India but found nothing. Maybe my mistake in perusal.



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