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Bangladesh Islamist leader Ghulam Azam charged

Bangladeshi Islamist leader Ghulam Azam has been charged by a special tribunal with war crimes allegedly carried out during the country's 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

Prosecutors accuse Mr Azam, 89, of committing crimes, including murder and torture, during the nine-month war.

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