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	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		Election officials declared Ershad’s applications to contest five constituencies “unacceptable”, saying he was not eligible after the supreme court asked him to surrender over a graft case.
		The Awami League said Ershad was being punished for refusing to form an alliance with Khaleda and that the court verdict was “remote-controlled”.
		Ershad, who ruled Bangladesh for almost nine years and was ousted in a people’s revolt jointly led by Khaleda and Hasina, said he could contest the polls while fighting a legal battle.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1061228/asp/foreign/story_7193106.asp (374 words)

	Ershad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad is a former Army General, and a former President of Bangladesh
		Ershad, (Singer) is a singer of the band Artcell
		Hosseiniye Ershad is a public library and venue in Tehran.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ershad (96 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hossain Mohammad Ershad
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad was born in Rangpur city in the Rangpur District of Bengal (now in Bangladesh).
		Ershad remained loyal to Ziaur Rahman, who had been appointed army chief by president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding leader, on 15 August, 1975.
		As president, Ershad included the Indemnity Act into the constitution of Bangladesh, which legalised the military coups led by Zia and himself and granted amnesty to the killers of Sheikh Mujib.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad (792 words)

	Bangladesh court acquits former military ruler - Boston.com
		Ershad who was ousted from power in a popular movement in December 1990 still faces charges of corruption and abuse of power in half a dozen other cases.
		Ershad, who ruled Bangladesh for nearly nine years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in early 1982, has said that he planned to join the ruling alliance headed by Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
		Ershad has already served six years in prison in two cases and is currently out on bail in three other cases.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/08/24/bangladesh_court_acquits_former_military_ruler (290 words)

	BanglaGallery - Welcome to Our World!
		Ershad sought public support for his regime in a national referendum on his leadership in March 1985.
		Ershad resigned as Army Chief of Staff and retired from military service in preparation for the presidential elections scheduled for October.
		However, opposition to Ershad's rule began to regain momentum, escalating by the end of 1990 in frequent general strikes, increased campus protests, public rallies, and a general disintegration of law and order.
	www.banglagallery.com /bangladesh/hme.php (652 words)

	Bangladeshinfo.com : The Leading Portal of Bangladesh
		Ershad, then army chief, seized power from a BNP government in a 1982 bloodless coup, and was once accused by Khaleda of having a role in the killing of her husband, general-turned-president Ziaur Rahman, in 1981.
		Ershad’s Jatiya party contested the election in 2001 with hopes that it might be in a pivotal position between the BNP and the Awami League.
		With Ershad back, corruption will further increase.” But in the era of criminalized power politics, neither the ruling BNP nor the opposition Awami League is interested in mending the trend of political bankruptcies, rather they are more interested to see their party in power at any cost.
	www.bangladeshinfo.com /archive/hitbits.php (1444 words)

	Hossain Mohammad Ershad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad (born 01 February 1930) was the military dictator of Bangladesh from 1982 until 1990.
		During his military rule, he claimed that his wife gave birth to a son, Saad Ershad, though later it was revealed as a publicity ploy, and that Saad was adopted.
		Ershad has also been associated with several scandals during his rule, though not all of them were later substantiated.
	en.juugle.info /Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad.htm (307 words)

	Ershad 'missing' after court sentence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad, 77, has alleged that his conviction is politically motivated and meant to debar him from contesting and campaigning in the general elections next month.
		Ershad has since sought to change his alliance and is seeking to join the rival 14-party alliance led by Sheikh Hasina of Awami League.
		A telephonic speech of Ershad was relayed through loudspeakers at two Rangpur rallies on Sunday in which he informed the audience that he had decided to forge alliance with the 14-party combine.
	www.whereincity.com /news/16/11593 (472 words)

	Hossain Mohammad Ershad - Japan
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad was born in Rangpur city in the Rangpur District of Bengal (now in Bangladesh).
		Ershad remained loyal to Ziaur Rahman, who had been appointed army chief by president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding leader, on 15 August 1975.
		As president, Ershad included the Indemnity Act into the constitution of Bangladesh, which legalised the military coups led by Zia and himself and granted amnesty to the; killers of Sheikh Mujib.
	hossain-mohammad-ershad.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Hossain_Mohammad_Ershad (989 words)

	Bangladesh
		After Ershad's surrender to the court and subsequent incarceration on November 20, an appellate panel of the Supreme Court ruled that Ershad could be released from prison after payment of the fine, or after serving 6 months if the fine is unpaid.
		Hossain then served legal notice on the victim's family, demanding that they explain why they should not be charged with criminal defamation.
		Ershad, who leads the Jatiya party, was sent to prison after he surrendered to the court on November 20.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/sa/692.htm (19673 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Former military ruler wooed by Bangladesh parties
		In 1990, Ershad was removed from power when the two women joined hands for the only time in the history of the impoverished South Asian nation to lead a people’s revolt to force him out.
		Ershad, then army chief, seized power from a BNP government in a 1982 bloodless coup, and was once accused by Khaleda of having a role in the killing of her husband, general-turned-president Ziaur Rahman, in 1981.
		Ershad’s Jatiya party contested the election in 2001 with hopes that it might be in a pivotal position between the BNP and the Awami League.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=subcontinent&xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/August/subcontinent_August216.xml (508 words)

	Rangpur - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Rangpur is located about 160 km (about 100 mi) north of the city of...
		Ershad, Hossain Mohammad, born in 1930, president of Bangladesh (1983-1990).
		Born in Rangpur (now in Pakistan), Ershad was educated at the...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Rangpur.html (81 words)

	Shahabuddin Ahmed - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He served as acting president of Bangladesh in 1990 following the resignation of Hossain Mohammad Ershad in a popular uprising.
		Later, he served as president from 1996 to 2001.
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Shahabuddin_Ahmed (149 words)

	Jatiya Party (Ershad) Summary
		Ershad called a parliamentary election in 1986 in which the JP won a slight majority over the Awami League, thereby dispelling claims that the election was fixed.
		It is a faction of the original Jatiya Party, that was founded by the military dictator Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
		Currently the Jatiya Party (Ershad) is the fourth largest party in Parliament; with 14 seats out of 300 available; and got a 7.5% share of the vote at the 2001 general election.
	www.bookrags.com /Jatiya_Party_(Ershad) (324 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Ershad, 71, will himself not be in the fray after Bangladesh’s High Court stripped him of his membership of Parliament and barred him from contesting polls for five years on grounds of "moral turpitude" for conviction on a graft charge.
		Ershad, as Army Chief, seized power in a 1982 bloodless coup and ruled Bangladesh for nearly nine years as Martial Law Administrator and President.
		Ershad today said his party would not support strikes, in order to aid the economy and help development, and would refrain from boycotting Parliament to help advance democracy.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01aug28/inter.htm (2594 words)

	Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum---military, and strategic discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad, who was forced to resign on December 6 in 1990 in the face of mass uprising ending a nine-year long military-autocratic rule, said his party was betrayed by the Caretaker government headed by Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed, who, he said, was appointed by him as the Vice-President of the country.
		In recent days, the issue came to the attention of media, when Ershad’s Jatiya Party was not included in the dialogue to ascertain the electoral reform, which main opposition Bangladesh Awami League terms as the key factor to ensure free and fair election in 2007.
		This was not the end of AL patronized state repression on a former President! Ershad was constantly tortured, both mentally and otherwise in prison.
	www.bdsdf.com /index.php?showtopic=4575 (1943 words)

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		Ershad is allied with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, the main opposition party for the past five years to Begum Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh National Party (BNP).
		But Ershad and his allies saw a plot to keep him out of the election race, calling the verdict "remote-controlled" and a punishment for his refusal to join forces with Khaleda.
		Ershad, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1982, was ousted in a people's revolt led jointly by Khaleda and Hasina.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/DHA270709.htm (408 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In fact, H M Ershad or for that matter any individual with a murky past is not the issue.
		Treating Ershad shabbily may give some people a sadistic pleasure, but what has to be kept in focus is the dispensation of justice, the upholding of our constitution.
		Ershad did what a despot does and his fall was greeted with the beginning of a new chapter in our political history—the restoration of democracy.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/02/08/editorial.htm (3999 words)

	List of Presidents of Bangladesh - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Mohammad Mohammadullah: 26 December 1973 - 25 January 1975
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad: 24 - 27 March 1982
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad: 11 December 1983 - 6 December 1990
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_Presidents_of_Bangladesh (228 words)

	eircom net International News
		Election officials declared Ershad's applications to contest five constituencies "unacceptable", saying he was not eligible because of legal troubles he is facing over corruption charges.
		Ershad's supporters called for a day-long strike in five northern district on Thursday, local reporters said by telephone.
		Ershad, who ruled the impoverished south Asian nation for almost nine years to December 1990 but was ousted in a people's revolt jointly led by Khaleda and Hasina, said he could contest the polls while fighting a legal battle against his sentence.
	home.eircom.net /content/reuters/worldnews/9592204?view=Eircomnet (434 words)

	Ershad Hossain Mohammad - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad Hossain Mohammad - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Born in Rangpur (now in Pakistan), Ershad was educated at the...
		Search for books about your topic, "Ershad Hossain Mohammad"
	encarta.msn.com /Ershad_Hossain_Mohammad.html (124 words)

	About Bangladesh
		A proposal by Ershad to require all schools to teach Arabic and the Qur'an (Koran) sparked demonstrations and riots in February 1983.
		In an October 1986 presidential election that was boycotted by opposition parties, Ershad was elected to a five-year term with a majority of more than 80 percent.
		Faced with rising political opposition, Ershad resigned in December 1990; he was subsequently convicted and imprisoned on charges of corruption and illegal weapons possession.
	olec.8k.com /Bangladesh.htm (3677 words)

	Hossain Mohammad Ershad - Definition, explanation
		Hossain Mohammad Ershad (born 1930) was the military dictator of Bangladesh from 1982 until 1990.
		After a military coup on March 24, 1982, Ershad became marshal law administrator until 1984, abolishing the post of prime minister.
		In 1983 he became the President, and in 1984 restored the office of prime minister, but did not allow elections.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/h/ho/hossain_mohammad_ershad.php (112 words)

	Politics News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dr Kamal Hossain, a jurist of international eminence, said the nation should be freed from the election floating millions of Taka, the use of fl money and muscles to constitute an effective parliament with real representation of the people.
		Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion meeting in front of party central office at Bangabandhu Avenue, the AL leader stressed the need for a broad-based unity of all pro-independence forces to fight against the falsehood, distortion of history and all sorts of misleading activities being indulged in by the government.
		Apr 2: Former President and Jatiya Party Chairman Hossain Mohammad Ershad demanded the reform of present election procedure to ensure the democracy in the country.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/03/03042005pl.htm (3298 words)

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		Newspapers on Monday said Ershad backtracked because the BNP refused to guarantee his party 40 uncontested parliamentary seats in elections scheduled for January 2007 or give the party a cash donation for joining the alliance.
		Ershad was ousted in December 1990 after a popular uprising led jointly by Khaleda and Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League.
		Analysts said Ershad joining hands with the BNP could have strengthened Khaleda's chances of regaining power in the face of a strong challenge from Hasina, also a former prime minister.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/SP5063.htm (485 words)

	Bangladesh poll nominations spark new violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Election officials declared Ershad's applications to contest five constituencies "unacceptable", saying he was not eligible because of legal troubles he is facing over corruption charges.
		Ershad's supporters called for a day-long strike in five northern district on Thursday, local reporters said by telephone.
		Ershad, who ruled the impoverished south Asian nation for almost nine years to December 1990 but was ousted in a people's revolt jointly led by Khaleda and Hasina, said he could contest the polls while fighting a legal battle against his sentence.
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=78790 (582 words)

	US Urges Dhaka to Ensure Fair Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Meanwhile, former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad, banned from contesting elections on corruption charges, has been ordered to surrender to a Dhaka court by Jan. 17.
		On Dec. 14, the Supreme Court confirmed a two-year jail sentence, given earlier by a lower court, against Ershad for squandering state funds in a deal to buy patrol boats from Japan while he was in power from 1982 to 1990.
		Hasina, who was seen as a key contender in the poll until she withdrew on Wednesday, has asked for Ershad’s jail sentence to be repealed to allow him to participate in the polls.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=90656&d=6&m=1&y=2007 (616 words)

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