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...Fakhruddin Ahmed doesn't strike you as a tough guy. He's mild mannered and academic in the way you might expect of an economist who has previously served as a central banker and a World Bank bureaucrat. He talks about spending time with his family and watching movies with his wife. He uses words like "epistemologically" and "baneful." But, as Bangladesh's current boss, the 66-year-old Ahmed is showing a steely resolve. Beginning last October, the capital Dhaka was struck by violent street clashes between rival supporters of outgoing Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
...country must work out a way to get to fresh polls without triggering more violence. The new interim government-Iajuddin has stepped down as its head, though he remains the country's President-is made up of technocrats led by Fakhruddin Ahmed, a widely respected former central banker. But the task of healing the nation is heavy. The BNP is furious with the election delay and is demanding that the polls be held as soon as possible. Before Iajuddin called off the ballot, Zia described the Awami League and its allies as "conspirators" plotting to undermine the electoral process...
...concern that "when Mother gets home we'll either have very good relations with India or they'll be destroyed once again," Miss Lillian, 78, and Grandson Chip, 26, flew to New Delhi to lead the official U.S. delegation at the funeral last week of Indian President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. Jimmy Carter had nothing to worry about. His mother's Southern grace charmed everyone, including Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who invited her home for what Miss Lillian called "a nice, family time." Said Mrs. Gandhi: "I am deeply touched...
...Died. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 72, fifth President of India and staunch supporter of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; of a heart attack; in New Delhi. A lifelong champion of democracy and secular rule in India, the Moslem-born, Cambridge-educated Ahmed joined his country's independence movement in 1931, and was jailed twice by the British. His last official act was to sign an order for new parliamentary elections...
...Foreign Office to Chavan's old post at Defense. His place in foreign affairs was taken by Mahomedali Currim Chagla, 66, an Oxford-educated Moslem who has served as ambassador to both the U.S. and Great Britain. Chagla's vacant spot in Education went, in turn, to Fakhruddin Ahmed, 61, whose old post as Minister for Irrigation and Power will be filled temporarily by one of his senior assistants...