B’desh Court orders to stop all election activities for three months

The Bangladesh High Court has ordered the Election Commission to suspend all poll-related activities for three months while the court hears a petition charging that the electoral roll is faulty and therefore invalid.

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Suicide, rocket attacks raise sectarian tension in Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed a police officer protecting a Shiite Muslim procession in northwestern Pakistan and rocket fire injured 11 worshippers at a Shiite mosque, stoking fears of sectarian bloodshed as the holy festival of Ashoura builds toward its climax.

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Northern Ireland Assembly dissolved:

Britain plans election to decide power-sharing fate

Britain closed down the Northern Ireland Assembly at the stroke of midnight Tuesday and planned a new election that will determine the fate of power-sharing, a long-elusive aim of the province’s peace accord.

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