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US offers to help Bangladesh pursue war crimes trial

The US will help Bangladesh to stage "transparent" trials for crimes committed during its independence war, an American envoy has said.

Last year six people, including five leaders of the Islamic Jamaat-e-Islami party, were charged with war crimes.

Thousands of people are believed to have died in the 1971 war, which culminated in the country's independence from Pakistan....

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