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| Yemen Can't Do It Alone |
 DURING a recent visit to Yemen, I
was sitting in a cafe in Sana
when we suddenly experienced a
power outage. I asked the waiter
what happened, and he replied:
"Saleh's men keep attacking the main
power plant in Mareb to disrupt life in
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| THE AUSTERITY
AGENDA |
 JOHN Maynard Keynes 75 years
ago declared,"The boom, not
the slump, is the right time for
austerity." And he was right.
Even if you have a long-run deficit
problem - and who doesn't? -
slashing spending while the economy
is deeply depressed is a ... |
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Bangladesh student faces sedition charges over Facebook post
AFP
DHAKA A BANGLADESHI student faces sedition charges after he allegedly posted comments on Facebook linking the nation’s premier with the disappearance of an opposition leader, police said on Sunday.
Sohel Molla, alias Sohel Rana, was arrested last month after being beaten up by supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University at Trishal, 80 kilometres north of Dhaka.
“Some students became angry after they saw his remarks on Facebook where he said opposition leader Ilias Ali had no chance for freedom because he was caught by Sheikh Hasina,” Trishal police chief Firoz Talukdar told AFP.
Ali, a regional head of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been missing since mid-April.
The BNP has accused state security forces over the disappearance — a charge denied by the government and the forces.
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