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2008: Year in Review (The Woodlands Villager)
Editor’s note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008.
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Background Note: Zimbabwe (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera.
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Goa as Soft Stretch (Navhind Times)
IN these dangerous times when terrorist groups, fanatically motivated and very modernly equipped, are striking through the sea route, Goa – one of the most potential targets of attack for its international propaganda value if not anything else – continues to be in a state of poor preparedness.
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College Town (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
As cricket fans around the world enjoyed the mania of the Twenty20 World Cup last month, Clark University graduate student and entrepreneur Fayaz Taher of Dhaka, Bangladesh, released his own Twenty20 Cricket - an online application that lets users worldwide act as virtual team managers, training their players and competing against other site users.
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IPL will lose fans if Pak players cannot play: Younis (Deccan Herald)
The franchises running teams in the IPL know that Indian and Pakistani players are the biggest attractions in the league, Younis said.
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How NGOs threaten sovereignty of State (Sunday Observer)
The Select Committee of Parliament for Investigation of the Operations of NGOs and their impact urged the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to appoint a Task Force immediately to prevent NGO interference into State policies and the country's national security.
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"Polls alone won't strengthen Bangladesh's democracy" (The Hindu)
DHAKA: With Bangladesh's situation remaining "complex and fragile," the International Crisis Group (ICG) sees no guarantees that Bangladesh will achieve a smooth transition to democracy through polls. According to an ICG country briefing ...
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Bangladesh politics still ‘complex and fragile’ (Sunday Observer)
Bangladesh’s political situation remains “complex and fragile” less than three weeks before it holds elections to restore democratic rule, an international research institute said Friday.
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Bangladesh: Elections and Beyond (AlertNet)
Source: International Crisis Group Bangladesh’s 29 December election will not return the country to civilian rule unless those with a stake in the vote – including the international community – ensure all registered parties contest credible, peaceful polls.
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