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(7 May 2007) SHOTLIST • +++QUALITY AS INCOMING +++ • +++ INCLUDES FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY+++ • 1. Various, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surrounded by media • 2. Hasina on armchair, talking to aides, stands, gestures to supporters and waves • 3. Various, crowd with jeep taking Hasina from airport • STORYLINE • Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing charges of corruption and abetting murder, arrived in Bangladesh on Monday after the military-backed government lifted a ban on her return. • Speaking to reporters at Dhaka's Zia International Airport after arriving from London, Hasina said she was excited to be home. • On April 25, the government lifted a ban on Hasina's return. • She said the government had made a mistake with the ban and that it was unlikely they would repeat it. • Senior aides of Hasina greeted her at the airport with flowers and hundreds of supporters gathered outside the tightly guarded airport to greet her and surrounded the car as she was driven to her home in central Dhaka. • Authorities had accused Hasina of making inflammatory statements about the country's interim government while abroad, and warned that her return might create further confusion and incite divisions among the public. • She was charged with abetting murder on 11 April, 2007, while she was in the United States on a personal visit. • The murder charge involves the deaths of four protesters during a riot in October at one of a series of demonstrations by her Awami League party that accused then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's government of rigging electoral rolls and packing a committee to oversee January elections. • At least 34 people died in weeks of protests. • Hasina and her Awami League have dismissed the charges as 'farcical' and Hasina, premier for five years from 1999, said she would face the charges in court. • A bitter feud between the two major political camps, led by Hasina and Zia, before scheduled elections led to riotous street protests, cancellation of the vote and declaration of a state of emergency. • No new election date has been announced, but interim leader Fakhruddin Ahmed recently said he hoped polls would be held before the end of 2008. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
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