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...mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) rocked the country this week, as the paramilitary border guards revolted at their headquarters in Dhaka on Feb. 25, taking most of their high-command officers as hostages and triggering the first political crisis of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government...
...Sheikh Hasina's victory in December was seen as a triumph for a secular, democratic government over both the Islamist forces within the country and the army, which backed a caretaker government that held power for two years. The anger fueling this mutiny is a sign of just how deep the army's power had extended under that government, which stepped down after the 2008 elections. But in order to fulfill any of her ambitious campaign promises - to stabilize the economy, quell jihadist activity and fight corruption, among others - the Prime Minister needs the cooperation, if not the support...
...been forced to close, including Malam Jabba, which militants torched last year. "I have many nice memories there, so I am very sad about it," says Nisar, a photographer from Lahore. Even as cross-border tensions flare between India and Pakistan over the recent Mumbai attacks, many, like Nadeem Sheikh, a businessman in Lahore, feel the crisis in Swat is a much more significant symbol of the country's problems. "This is not the Pakistan I know," says Sheikh, who lives not far from the militarized border with India. (See pictures from Pakistan's tense border with Afghanistan...
...bearing Musharraf, then head of the army and increasingly a rival for power.) But the Sharifs and their lawyers allege that Zardari played a direct role. "Asif Ali Zardari had a hand in the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif, and today's decision is also according to his wishes," Akram Sheikh, a lawyer for the Sharifs, told reporters outside the court. (See pictures of the rise and fall of Musharraf...
...France is probably the only [country] to recognize the great cause of food,” Gauthier said before pinning the medal on Ost’s suit jacket. His speech also referenced another of Ost’s culinary accomplishments: cooking for the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi’s 800 wedding guests. After Ost accepted the medal, Gauthier followed by proposing “a toast to Raymond, and a toast to French-American friendship.” “Great things are at stake when it comes to food,” said Gauthier...