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Bangladesh court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people. Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an …
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Will Nepal’s new coalition government tip the scales of the India-China rivalry?
While there is no bad blood between the two communist parties that previously formed government, for Nepal’s neighbours, it means a shift from a Nepali government that was pro-Beijing to one that hold a mixture of allegiances between Beijing and Delhi. However according to observers, that shift is unlikely to fundamentally change the status quo, …