The two countries have fought several wars since independence. The latest arrests come as a trial continues for the lone surviving suspect in last November's terror attacks on India's commercial capital,Mumbai.
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The Jamaat-e-Islami wants the trial of its leaders for crimes allegedly committed during the 1971 independence war to be stopped.
Bangladeshi police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Islamist activists protesting at the trial of their leaders for war crimes allegedly committed during the independence war.
Cambodia's fledgling judiciary is not famous for its independence, so no one was surprised when the trial on March 4th of the country's exiled senior prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, accused of illegally importing arms, ended in his conviction.