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...outside his shop. Soon after Hasina's speech ended, Ali's windowpanes started shaking and cracking. Outside on the avenue, Delwar Hossain, a 26-year-old seller of peanuts, heard a loud noise and thought at first that the tire of a truck must have burst. A moment later, Quddus Miah, a street-side garment vendor, saw thousands of people, many wounded and bleeding, stampeding down the road; his first instinct was to protect his wares, but then he, too, turned and ran for his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Democracy is Shaken | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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