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The High Court on Sunday directed the government to temporarily suspend withdrawal of troops from the Chittagong Hill Tracts until Aug 19, on two separate petitions filed last replica watchesweek, report agencies. The two petitions were filed last Sunday seeking a High Court injunction on the ongoing single largest pullout of troops from the Chittagong Hill Tracts since a peace accord was signed in 1997. The government at the end of last month announced it was withdrawing a complete brigade, out of five stationed in the region, as part of the peace process. The petitioners argued that the removal of army camps inRado watches the region threatens the security of Bangali settlers. Jamaat-e-Islami leader, barrister Abdur Razzak, moved the petitions for Tajul Islam and Badiuzzaman with the bench of justices Syed Refaat Ahmed and Moinul Islam. The court was also told that it had issued a rule, following a previous petition filed by Badiuzzaman in 2000, asking the government to explain why the CHT Peace Accord should not Zenith watches be declared illegal. The army withdrawal would make the previous petition ineffective, the new petitions argued. Report from Rangamati adds: A half-day hartal was observed peacefully in Langadu upazila Sunday in protest against the withdrawal of army camps from this hill district under the government plan for troop pullout from the CHT region.

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Leading opposition figures, including the Cartier watches presidential candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi and the former presidents Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, also stayed away. Subway stations and shops around the Parliament building were closed, in a sign of concern about possible violence. Mr. Ahmadinejad must form a cabinet in the next two weeks, and his choices will signal much about the direction his second term will take. He is likely to face rising dissent from within his own conservative camp, as he did last month during a heated fracas over his first appointments. His government will also be struggling to put down a defiant opposition movement that maintains that his landslide Chopard watches June 12 re-election was rigged, and has continued to mount street protests. That task may grow harder as the school year and athletic seasons start next month, providing new opportunities for mass rallies. 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