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Police in Bangladesh fired guns and used tear gas on protesters at opposition gatherings Sunday. The police attacks in the town of Chandpur and Laksmipur killed at least four and injured more than 200 others. Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists and their Islamist allies were demanding a return to an earlier voting system. The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended the system. Officials say the protesters threw stones and attempted to break through police barriers. Similar clashes were reported in towns across the country. 

Government-owned companies from Bangladesh and India have agreed to build a power center in southern Bangladesh. The Power Development Board of Bangladesh and the National Thermal Power Company of India signed the agreement Sunday in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Coal will be used to operate the power center. It will cost $1.5-billion to build. Bangladesh suffers from power shortages, which are especially severe during the hot summer months. Some factories stop operating. 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told African leaders it is time for them to respect the rights of homosexuals. Mr Ban spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the yearly meeting of African Union leaders. He said discrimination toward homosexuals has caused some governments to treat its citizens badly. Homosexuality is against the law in many African countries. South Africa is the only African nation where gay rights and same sex marriage are recognized.