Nelson Mandela’s release from prison 20 years ago opened negotiations which finally ended the racist segregation of the apartheid system. The BBC’s diplomatic editor James Robbins, who was in Cape Town to report on the release, has been back to … Continue reading
Text by Rahnuma Ahmed Photos by DrikNews BODIES of army officers had been found, they had been dumped in the sewage canals that lay underneath the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Two dead bodies had been the first ones to surface, … Continue reading
by: Shahidul Alam and Rahnuma Ahmed Rahnuma Ahmed writes My last column had ended with these words: ‘The current regime’s voter registration list has, in all probability, lessened the likelihood of fraudulent votes. But it also has, in all likelihood, … Continue reading
You may be forgiven for thinking that the results of the National Geographic All Roads project (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/) had been fixed by me. Two out of the four main awardees and two out of the five honourable mentions were from my … Continue reading
http://www.cps.canon-europe.com/articles/article.jsp?pageId=1&article.articleId=100424 http://www.cps.canon-europe.com/articles/article.jsp?articleId=100424&pageId=2 Sorry. Haven’t worked out a way to copy this page onto the site yet. Please follow the URL. Best, Shahidul
Another non-terrorist Pakistani story. Under the shade of a colossal banyan tree, Karachi truck painter Haider Ali, 22, is putting the finishing touches on his latest creation: a side-panel mural of Hercules subduing a lion, rendered in iridescent, undiluted hues … Continue reading
http://www.zonezero.com/tsunami/shahidul/article.html Shanika clung on to her dad Priantha, when she realised we were near to the sea. She had been in her aunt’s house in Hikkaduwa which had survived the waves, but had felt the fury of the sea. It … Continue reading
