11.   The government deployed hundreds of soldiers in and around Dhaka on Tuesday to defend it from rebellious troops whose commander was fired by the president.

12.   Another rebel spokesman Sergeant Cyriaque Souke had told AFP Saturday that the mutineers were prepared to return to barracks if Bedaya were fired and the rebellious troops amnestied.

13.   Souke had told AFP Saturday that the mutineers were prepared to return to barracks if Bedaya were fired and the rebellious troops amnestied.