On December 29th 2008, Bangladesh organised its first legislative elections since 2001. The ballot was supposed to be a way for the country to leave the state of emergency, declared in January 2007 by the transitional government supported by the army.
The two main candidates, Mrs Zia and Hasina, are both regulars of the political scene. Prime minister and leader of the opposition, by turns, those two women are sued since 2007 for corruption and misappropriation of...
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«Everything’s normal» according to dispatches. No major events on the field, except Gaza has become a...