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| Bangladesh deploys troops ahead of polls |
| 2006-12-11 |
| BangladeshÂ’s president has deployed army troops throughout the country in order to control escalating political violence after his interim government failed to end a continuing political standoff over electoral reforms, the home ministry said. President Iajuddin Ahmed "has ordered deployment of army in aid of the civil administration to protect public life and property," the ministry said in a statement late on Saturday. The order came after days of often violent street protests by an alliance of 14 political parties demanding electoral reforms ahead of next month's general elections. The order for the deployment of troops was made even though the 14-party political alliance pushing for electoral reforms postponed its planned protests around the presidential palace to give the government more time to make the changes, an alliance spokesman said. |
| Posted by:Fred |