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Bush, Blair found guilty in KL war crimes trial

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 15, 2011

By rahnuma ahmed The accused — former President of the United States George W. Bush and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair — were tried in absentia at the tribunal’s hearings. Their absence, presumably, was not due to lack … Continue reading →

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Blasting war, hoping for peace

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, intercut with interviews with Daniel Ellsberg and returning war veterans

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`Conspiracy theories.’ Learning from 9/11

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 17, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed The truth is, conspiracies sometimes do occur. Michael Meacher, current Labour MP, former British minister for the environment `Bangladeshis love conspiracy theories’ was a comment I came across in foreign news reports, news analyses and blog talk … Continue reading →

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`Still pictures are not still…’ Fore-seeing the effect of visual images

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 15, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed `Still pictures are not still…’ said Mahasweta Devi. She was in Dhaka to inaugurate Chobi Mela V, and, fortunately for us, had expressed her wish to put up with Shahidul Alam, the director of Chobi Mela. Having … Continue reading →

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The Technician in the Establishment: Obama’s America and the World

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 4, 2008

By Vinay Lal Vinay Lal teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles and is presently with the University of California Education Abroad Programme in India. Courtesy: Economic and Political Weekly Barack Obama is poised to become the 44th … Continue reading →

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What Matters

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The World’s Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time Sterling. 2008. 335p. ed. by David Elliot Cohen. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-5834-8. $27.95. POL SCI PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSES TRUTHS, advances the public discourse, and demands action. … Continue reading →

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Ghosts

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 17, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ian Buruma Volume 55, Number 11 · June 26, 2008 The New York Review of Books Two photographs, taken by digital camera at Abu Ghraib prison, on the night of November 5, 2003. The first picture … Continue reading →

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Of pet dogs (and bitches)

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 17, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews rahnuma ahmed Last year, in June, she had left Dhaka and her pet dogs to take up her new assignment in Baghdad. Patricia Butenis has returned, this time on a private visit, to fetch her dogs, and … Continue reading →

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I can kill any Muslim

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 2, 2007

Year end play: The Nuculier God Theatre: The World Set Design: Tony Blair God: George Bush Sacrificial Lamb: Saddam Hussein Slaves: Saudi Royal Family and cohorts Extras: The United Nations Theme song: I can kill any Muslim I can kill … Continue reading →

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We Did Say No

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 17, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews My questions are many. Why is there no UN resolution against the United States, for blatantly initiating an unprovoked genocide? Whydoes not the UN Security Council, demand that the most habitual aggressor in recent history, disarm and … Continue reading →

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