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Conjoined Twins Trishna, Krishna Separated Separation Surgery
Source: The Age

Surgeons have separated conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna in a marathon operation at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital.

Girl, 13, married to moneylender, 75, to settle debt
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Police in Bangladesh are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was married to a 75-year-old moneylender as a way of paying off her father's debt.

Solar Power Offers Light and Hope to Bangladesh Villages
Source: planetark.org

Straw fences and tin roofs: the homes in Pritomoddi village are typical of millions of others across rural Bangladesh, except for one thing: the shiny solar panels that provide electricity, all the time.

Bangladesh rare leopard cub found
Source: BBC News

A critically endangered clouded leopard cub has been captured by tribespeople in a remote area of Bangladesh, a leading zoologist has told the BBC.

Bangladeshi banking to help Scots
Source: BBC News

A radical form of banking pioneered in Bangladesh could be brought to Scotland to help people out of poverty.

Taking jobs to Bangladesh's poor
Source: BBC News

Never mind the global downturn, even in the good years, Ratankandi would be an unlikely place to come across a positive business story.

250 turn out for frogs' wedding
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

More than 250 people in northern Bangladesh have attended a wedding ceremony between two frogs as part of a ritual to bring rain to the parched region, according to local newspaper Bengali.

Officers still missing after Bangladesh mutiny
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The grim search for dozens of missing army officers entered a third day in the Bangladeshi capital after a revolt by border guards left at least 76 people dead, most dumped in two mass graves.

Bulgarian bus hijacker surrenders
Source: BBC News

A gunman in Bulgaria has surrendered to police after hijacking a bus with about 40 passengers on board, claiming to have a bomb, officials said.

In Bulgaria, a day care center for disabled children excels
Source: International Herald Tribune

State institutions in Eastern Europe devoted to the care of children and the disadvantaged are most often the subject of negative news stories in Western media.

Explosives seized in Bangladesh
Source: BBC News

Seven suspected militants with ties to a banned Islamic group in Bangladesh have been arrested with a large cache of explosives, police have said. The raids come ahead of national elections due to take place on Monday to restore democracy to the country.

'Forced marriage' woman can return to UK after court ruling
Source: Guardian Unlimited

An NHS doctor who claimed she was being held captive by her parents and feared they would force her into marriage has been freed into the custody of a Bangladeshi court and can return to the UK.

Archaeologists discover ancient chariot
Source: news.sbs.com.au

Archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved 1,800-year-old bronze chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in Bulgaria.

Aussie arrested on child sex charges
Source: news.sbs.com.au

An Australian man has been arrested in Bulgaria and charged with pedophilia, local police say.

25pc of Bangladesh landmass flooded: official
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A quarter of Bangladesh's landmass was underwater on Friday (local time) and emergency authorities warned the situation would worsen during the weekend, an official said.

Poison umbrella murder case is reopened
Source: Independent.co.uk

Scotland Yard detectives have flown to Bulgaria in a fresh attempt to shed light on one of the murkiest and most controversial episodes in the secret history of the Cold War.

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