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Article: A problem shared; Bangladesh and India.(Bangladesh's prime minister wants to improve her country's image)(Khaleda Zia)
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- The Economist (US)
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- March 25, 2006
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The prime minister of Bangladesh wants to improve her country's image
ONLY a year ago, Bangladesh's government denied that its Muslim masses harboured a single Islamist extremist. Yet it has recently been rounding them up in large numbers. This has impressed India, its giant neighbour, whose many worries about Bangladesh prominently include the rise of extremism and "Talibanisation". This week, Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's prime minister, paid her first visit to India after more than four years in office. Both sides made efforts to mend their habitually prickly relationship. Yet India still doubts the sincerity of Bangladesh's crackdown; and many other gripes still ...