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From: Snowshoe2/26/2009 4:07:55 PM
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It was a food riot...

Bangladesh mutiny ends after tanks enter capital
news.yahoo.com

At least 11 people have been confirmed dead in Dhaka. The bodies of eight border guards — all of them officers — were found Thursday outside their violence-wracked headquarters, doctors at a local hospital said. The three civilians killed included a rickshaw driver, a resident and a street vendor.

The insurrection was the result of longtime frustrations over pay for the border guards that didn't keep pace with that of the army's — highlighted by rising food prices in the chronically poor South Asian country as the global economic crisis grows. The guards make about $100 a month.
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