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BBC Bangla anniversary debate

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews BBC Bangla anniversary debate on Channel i focuses on freedom of information Date: 21.12.2011Last updated: 21.12.2011 at 15.01Category: World Service Bangladesh’s rapidly changing media scene will be in the focus of the special BBC Bangla programme to be broadcast … Continue reading →

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Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 15, 2011

Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trial Chris McGreal in Washington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 December 2011 04.34 GMT Article history Americans can be arrested on home soil and taken … Continue reading →

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`Owning’ the weather? Part I

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 1, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed “In 2025, US aerospace forces can “own the weather” by capitalizing on emerging technologies and focusing development of those technologies to war-fighting applications… weather-modification offers the war fighter a wide-range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary.” – … Continue reading →

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Insecure at last: the age of surveillance

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 15, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed ‘I am worried about this word, this notion — security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security … Continue reading →

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