Bangladesh ex-PM Zia freed after arch-rival toppled

Dhaka - Bangladesh's uncompromising ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier and fled as protesters stormed her palace.

The ferocious rivalry between the two women - born in blood and cemented in prison - has defined politics in the Muslim-majority nation for decades.

Zia, 78, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for