But for Abdul Samad and many others like him, the wait is worth it.

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She points out that her Malay co-leader of Bersih, a famous writer called A. Samad Said, has never been targeted.

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The factory, owned by Mahbubur Rahman Tapas and Bazlus Samad Adnan, decided to keep operations going after the warning from building engineers.

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Tajikistan appeared set to make the breakthrough after being awarded a penalty, only for captain Samad Shohzukhurov to waste the resulting spot kick.

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Factory bosses Mahbubur Rahman Tapas and Balzul Samad Adnan surrendered to police early on Saturday while Aminul Islam was arrested later the same day.

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Tribal leader Malik Samad and district chief Muhammad Haqbeen told CNN that Joseph and an Afghan doctor were abducted near the village of Jegdalek in the Sarobi district, just outside Kabul.

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Samad and Haqbeen identified the kidnappers as smugglers.

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