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Jul 2024
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Bangladeshi-Australians gather in Sydney...

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A week of violent clashes between students and police in Bangladesh has resulted in at least 114 deaths and thousands of injuries. Students are protesting against a quota system for jobs in the country's public service that favours descendants of those who fought in the 1971 Bangladesh - Pakistan war. 
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