Asma in hospital again

Asma is in hospital again only 14 months after she had a kidney transplantation. The 19-year old girl was admitted to Bangabandbu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMUH) on Sunday, about eight months after she left it with a fresh lease of life.

Looking pale and worried Asma said. "I was leading a normal life till a couple of weeks ago when doctors suggested me to discontinue one of the drugs (cyclosprine) I have been taking since my kidney transplant."

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France to give women equal access to politics 

PARIS, Mar 31 : France's National Assembly late Thursday voted overwhelmingly to give men and women equal access to political office, in what the minister for women said was a historic move. 

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Suu Kyi urges UN to pressurize Govt to restore democracy

BANGKOK, April  5:- Prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged the United Nations to keep pressure on Myanmar's military regime to give her country a change to prosper under democracy, reports AP.

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Margulies, Jhumpa win Pulitzers    

NEW YORK, Apr  11:-Pulitzer Prize voters went  for little-known artists over olds favorites this year, with playwright Donald Margulies,  fiction writer Jhumpa Lahiri and composer Lewis Spartan among the winners.

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