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...their cause has been taken up by a new breed of militant, groomed by religious leaders and hardened by the military solution Thaksin pushed in the south. (The most vivid symbol of Thaksin's iron-fisted approach was the October 2004 Tak Bai incident, when, during and after a mass protest, 85 Muslims were either shot or suffocated to death in army trucks-compounding Muslim hatred of Bangkok...
...finally facing justice. But over the past couple of months some Bangladeshis have begun to worry that the caretaker government is throwing its weight around a bit too much. Human Rights organizations inside and outside the country accuse the current government of torture, extra-judicial killings and the mass arrest of as many as 200,000 people. Diplomats and international organizations such as the Commonwealth have called for a swift return to democracy...
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...rocket burning conventional propellant. Once it climbs to near Earth space, however, everything will change. Of all the things that add weight to a spacecraft, fuel presents the most problems. The farther you're going, the more propellant you need, but every pound of it you add means more mass the engine must propel, which requires more fuel still, and on and on. A spacecraft like Dawn, which is designed not just to fly by its two targets but also to settle into orbit around them, would require a massive load of onboard...
...along the lines that Bush is describing, they are keen to give voters the impression that they are all for getting the U.S. out of Iraq. And they are, but not yet. They, too, recognize a need for a strong, interim force in country to offset the threat of mass killing, secure the borders, chase al-Qaeda and deter Iranian meddling in the country...