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In Historic Land Swap at Midnight, 14,000 Bangladeshis Become Indians
Jubilant crowds celebrated after India and Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight on Saturday, swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years.
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Why This 5-Year-Old is Called Jihad Hussein Obama
His name is Jihad Hussein Obama and even more unusual is his story. All of five, "Baby Jihad" defines the fight of thousands of people for the right to live as Indians.
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A Pin Code: That Will be India's First Gift to 14,000 New Citizens Today
At midnight on Friday, when India and Bangladesh officially swap land, the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, P Ulaganathan, will experience what a civil servant might have experienced at Independence.
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India to lose 10,000 acres in land swap deal with Bangladesh
India and Bangladesh are gearing up to solve a protracted cross-border land conflict. Both nations are preparing for a land swap of enclaves or pieces of land which lie in each other's territories.These enclaves are pieces of land that the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and Rangpur won or lost in gambling and have existed since 1947. But, soon after Bangl...
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In Historic Land Swap at Midnight, 14,000 Bangladeshis Become Indians
Jubilant crowds celebrated after India and Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight on Saturday, swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years.
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Why This 5-Year-Old is Called Jihad Hussein Obama
His name is Jihad Hussein Obama and even more unusual is his story. All of five, "Baby Jihad" defines the fight of thousands of people for the right to live as Indians.
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A Pin Code: That Will be India's First Gift to 14,000 New Citizens Today
At midnight on Friday, when India and Bangladesh officially swap land, the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, P Ulaganathan, will experience what a civil servant might have experienced at Independence.
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India to lose 10,000 acres in land swap deal with Bangladesh
India and Bangladesh are gearing up to solve a protracted cross-border land conflict. Both nations are preparing for a land swap of enclaves or pieces of land which lie in each other's territories.These enclaves are pieces of land that the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and Rangpur won or lost in gambling and have existed since 1947. But, soon after Bangl...
