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Bangladesh BNP starts three-day strike, at least five people killed

Dhaka, Oct 28 (ANI): Bangladesh opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), began its three-day strike in the country that left at least five people dead and many others injured and also lead to destruction of property across Bangladesh. The BNP commenced the strike on Sunday, demanding a caretaker government during the upcoming national elections in 2014. BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said that there would be no election in Bangladesh with Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister. Oct 28, 2013
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No personal rivalry between Bangladesh political parties: Bangladesh SC lawyer

Dhaka, Oct 28 (ANI): Noted lawyer in Supreme Court of Bangladesh Zahirul Islam Khan dismissed claims of personal rivalry between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP leader Begum Khaleda Zia, as tensions mounted ahead of the general elections. Bangladesh has been rocked by protests and counter-protests since January, when a tribunal set up by the government to investigate abuses during a 1971 liberation war sentenced to death in absentia a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Khan while talking to the reporter in Dhaka said on Sunday that there is no personal rivalry but political difference between the two leading parties. Oct 28, 2013
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Fresh violence erupts across crisis-hit Bangladesh

Fresh violence erupted across Bangladesh on Monday, leaving at least four people dead as rival party activists clashed on the second day of a strike amid a mounting political crisis. Duration: 00:40 Oct 28, 2013
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Fashion show on subway for Sao Paulo Fashion Week

A fashion show is organized on a subway in Sao Paulo for the opening of Latin America's most important fashion week, with models mingling with commuters in the unlikely setting. Duration: 01:23 Oct 28, 2013
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WH: US mustn't gather intelligence 'just because we can'

The United States said on Monday it must better weigh the risks and rewards of its spying activities and that the fact it had the technical expertise to carry out certain espionage missions, did not mean that it should. Duration: 00:57 Oct 28, 2013
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World's tallest man becomes happiest man on earth

Turkey's Sultan Kosen, at 2.51 metres (eight foot three) the world's tallest man, has wed a Syrian woman he called the "love of my life", though he towers over his 1.75-metre bride. Duration: 00: Oct 28, 2013
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Trees litter London streets after storm

Nearly 300,000 homes were left without power in Britain and France on Monday and trains and planes were cancelled as a fierce storm battered the region, leaving at least four people dead. Oct 28, 2013
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