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Bangladesh president quits as caretaker chief -agency
11 Jan 2007 17:14:54 GMT
Source: Reuters

DHAKA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed has resigned as head of the caretaker government in charge of holding parliamentary elections on Jan. 22, the official BSS news agency said late on Thursday.

It said Ahmed appointed his senior adviser Fazlul Haque as acting chief of the caretaker authority, BSS said.
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Atapi Mondol, whose husband was devoured by a tiger, stands in front of her house in Saatjelia island, about 130 km (81 miles) southwest from the eastern Indian city of Kolkata February 21, 2007. In the last five years, at least 50 people have been mauled to death by the 250 to 270 Royal Bengal tigers which stalk India's half of the Sunderbans - stretching along the coast of West Bengal state and across the border into Bangladesh. Picture taken February 21, 2007.