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A soldier stands guard on a street in Dhaka
11 Jan 2007
Source: Reuters

 
A soldier stands guard on a street in Dhaka January 11, 2007. Bangladesh has declared a state of emergency and imposed a daily night--time curfew, state televission said on Thursday after a weeks of violence in the run-up to elections boycotted by major parties.
REUTERS/RAFIQUR RAHMAN


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