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Bangladesh: Hajj pilgrims vote issue

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 @ 22:27 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Bangladesh
Topics:: Elections, Religion, Politics
Languages:: English

Ghore Baire critically analyzes the point one major political party of Bangladesh raised that Hajj pilgrims will not being able to vote if the elections are held on December 18.

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Shamshir

I think you are reading my piece to say exactly the opposite of what I wanted it to say.

# 2008-11-21 at 0:17 am

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