http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/bangladesh 2008-10-09T00:49:00Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56097-bangladesh-please-for-action-on-climate-change-06-oct-2008 2008-10-09T00:49:00Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dFyoK8EylxU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dFyoK8EylxU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56097-bangladesh-please-for-action-on-climate-change-06-oct-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68233" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In 1995, scientists issued the first Global warming alert, but today, experts say that at least one fifth of Bangladesh will be swallowed up by rising sea levels within 50 years.</p> <p>Al Jazeera travels to Bangladesh to see the impact of environmental policy where the remainder of the country is expected to follow by the end of the century.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56097-bangladesh-please-for-action-on-climate-change-06-oct-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55722-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored 2008-10-11T20:49:45Z LEBOON1653 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrGZF9GXAdM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrGZF9GXAdM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55722-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67679" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Why!?!?!?!?!?!? YouTube Censored Free speech!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55722-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55721-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored 2008-10-11T20:49:45Z LEBOON1653 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CqteVzqe45c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CqteVzqe45c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55721-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67678" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Why!?!?!?!?!?!? YouTube Censored Free speech!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55721-israeli-soldier-kill-palestinian-citizen-video-was-censored">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08 2008-09-30T00:49:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBNzY-6hcJk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBNzY-6hcJk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66443" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A growing number of countries have banned many Chinese-made foods in a bid to combat the spread of tainted milk products that has caused the deaths of a number of children and left thousands suffering from kideny stones.</p> <p>But not all countires have been vigilant in calmping down on Chinese milk imports.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, where tainted milk powder can still be purchased from convenience stores despite the efforts of authorities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08 2008-09-26T04:45:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpvP4WV6_Sw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpvP4WV6_Sw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66439" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A growing number of countries have banned many Chinese-made foods in a bid to combat the spread of tainted milk products that has caused the deaths of a number of children and left thousands suffering from kideny stones.</p> <p>But not all countires have been vigilant in calmping down on Chinese milk imports.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, where tainted milk powder can still be purchased from convenience stores despite the efforts of authorities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08 2008-09-26T04:45:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vkleVi3HZUI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vkleVi3HZUI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65562" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Four Chinese babies have died and more than six thousand have fallen ill from dairy products that tested positive for the toxic chemical, Melamine. </p> <p>Singapore and Malaysia have joined Taiwan in a ban of all Chinese milk products.</p> <p>Health notices have now appeared in Bangladesh, warning people against milk products from two Chinese companies.</p> <p>Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42046-political-activists-detained-in-bangladesh-17-jun-08 2008-06-22T06:37:21Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0aA2Cb4_loE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0aA2Cb4_loE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42046-political-activists-detained-in-bangladesh-17-jun-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47446" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The country has been under emergency rule for over a year and a half, but as Bangladesh prepares for its elections in December, a nationwide crackdown has already started. </p> <p>Opposition sources say the detainees are mostly grassroots activists, including leaders of the Awami league and Bangladesh nationalist party, who say they will boycott talks on organising an election later in the year. </p> <p>In the last two weeks, the interim government says its detained at least 25,000 people, on charges of corruption. </p> <p>Among them, the eldest son of Khaleda Zia, former prime minister.</p> <p>Lawyers for Tareque Rahman said he has been tortured during custody, and that he may be permanently crippled as a result.</p> <p> <br />However Zia's son is one case among thousands, as Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reports from Dhaka.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42046-political-activists-detained-in-bangladesh-17-jun-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41519-sfttv-sft-bangladesh 2008-10-11T20:26:24Z Students for a Free Tibet <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxiFke_De7E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxiFke_De7E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41519-sfttv-sft-bangladesh"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46809" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Featuring: Wasfia, from SFT Bangladesh</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41519-sfttv-sft-bangladesh">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41369-hunger-in-the-wake-of-climate-change 2008-06-30T06:39:26Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KbM0mNdfnfM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KbM0mNdfnfM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41369-hunger-in-the-wake-of-climate-change"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46641" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080601YT">therealnews.com</a> </p><p>Bangladesh faces a food crisis compounded by extreme weather and environmental decline.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/41369-hunger-in-the-wake-of-climate-change">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37896-gallup-glance-around-the-globe 2008-06-24T08:43:40Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOtWXoMheT0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KOtWXoMheT0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37896-gallup-glance-around-the-globe"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42705" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Data-driven insights into the Reverend Wright controversy in the U.S. election, Russia's new president, gas prices in the United States, and the food crisis in Bangladesh.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37896-gallup-glance-around-the-globe">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37372-bangladesh-power-shortage-causes-water-crisis-01-may-08 2008-06-09T15:33:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tu91JdbRneU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tu91JdbRneU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37372-bangladesh-power-shortage-causes-water-crisis-01-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42126" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bangladeshi authorities have sent the army in to help deliver water supplies in the capital, Dhaka.</p> <p>A lack of power to run pumps is leading to a serious shortage of drinking water.</p> <p>Hundreds of people defied a government ban on protests to show their anger at the problem, as Zeina Awad reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37372-bangladesh-power-shortage-causes-water-crisis-01-may-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36973-bangladesh-braces-for-monsoon-season-26-apr-2008 2008-06-17T03:32:00Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBmIwdJ9MGA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GBmIwdJ9MGA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36973-bangladesh-braces-for-monsoon-season-26-apr-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41661" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Five months after Bangladesh was hit by cyclone Sidr, which killed at least 3,000 people and left millions homeless, aid agencies are warning of a potential new disaster.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reports on the coming monsoon season.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36973-bangladesh-braces-for-monsoon-season-26-apr-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36230-dhaka-the-second-dirtiest-city-in-the-world-19-april-08 2008-06-10T21:30:45Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UZV9Iz6vRX4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UZV9Iz6vRX4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36230-dhaka-the-second-dirtiest-city-in-the-world-19-april-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40627" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, home to some 11million people, is facing a severe environmental crisis.</p> <p>It's been named the second dirtiest city in the world, after Baku in Azerbaijan.</p> <p>Toxic waste and pollution is rife, posing a major threat to public health.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher travelled to Dhaka, to see the scale of the problem.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36230-dhaka-the-second-dirtiest-city-in-the-world-19-april-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35975-bangladesh-genocide-survivors-speak-out-18-apr-2008 2008-06-08T21:30:09Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pVWCcGVHam0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pVWCcGVHam0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35975-bangladesh-genocide-survivors-speak-out-18-apr-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40295" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It has been 37 years since Bangladesh won its independence, but the scars of its war with Pakistan remain. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Dhaka about the thousands of women and girls who were raped by Pakistani soldiers and their collaborators during the war of Liberation. Some victims of those attacks are finally starting to speak out about trauma which, up until now, has been largely ignored.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35975-bangladesh-genocide-survivors-speak-out-18-apr-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35859-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-2 2008-06-07T09:34:03Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lq9pmT75Iew&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lq9pmT75Iew&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35859-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40048" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East examines the mass killings of 1971 and the victims' quest for justice.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35859-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35858-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-1 2008-06-07T09:34:02Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwjmWGeigyM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwjmWGeigyM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35858-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40047" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East examines the mass killings of 1971 and the victims' quest for justice.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35858-101-east-bangladeshis-seeking-justice-17-april-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35803-call-for-war-crimes-tribunal-in-bangladesh-17-apr-08 2008-06-17T21:31:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vx6eYUvlDh8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vx6eYUvlDh8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35803-call-for-war-crimes-tribunal-in-bangladesh-17-apr-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39918" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It's one of the world's ignored atrocities - buried in the not too distant past of Bangladesh.</p> <p>Now, some people there are beginning to confront painful memories that have haunted them for years - the systematic killing of what they say was millions of their own. </p> <p>They're calling for a war crimes tribunal. Tony Birtley has this report from the Bangadeshi capital Dhaka</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35803-call-for-war-crimes-tribunal-in-bangladesh-17-apr-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35724-child-labour-in-bangladesh-under-threat-16-apr-2008 2008-06-17T21:31:03Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LfK5aOeshAE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LfK5aOeshAE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35724-child-labour-in-bangladesh-under-threat-16-apr-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39317" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Children in the world's poorest countries are extremely vulnerable to the effects of increasing global poverty. Disease and hunger take a heavy toll. Many who do manage to survive are robbed of their childhoods and forced to work, often in terrible conditions. The United Nations estimates that one-sixth of all the world's children go to work. Tony Birtley reports from Bangladesh.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35724-child-labour-in-bangladesh-under-threat-16-apr-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35707-the-problems-facing-bangladesh-16-apr-08 2008-06-17T03:29:54Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5gRFJp2bwgo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5gRFJp2bwgo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35707-the-problems-facing-bangladesh-16-apr-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39297" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Pressure is intensifying in Bangladesh for the interim government to end its state of emergency and release Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, the country's top leaders.</p> <p>Added to the political strife are the natural disasters that continue to plague the region.</p> <p>Last November, Cyclone Sidr devastated the southern coast of the country, killing at least 3,000 people.</p> <p>Tony Birtley reports on the problems facing the country.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35707-the-problems-facing-bangladesh-16-apr-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35402-rioting-over-women-s-rights-in-bangladesh-12-april-08 2008-06-14T15:30:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PrtWGDviE4I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PrtWGDviE4I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35402-rioting-over-women-s-rights-in-bangladesh-12-april-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38959" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>What started as a demonstration against women's rights after Friday prayers, turned into a full blown riot.</p> <p>About a thousand protestors, most members of the Anti-Koran Law Resistance Committee, which advocates Sharia law, expressed their anger over the government's plans to give women more rights. </p> <p>Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35402-rioting-over-women-s-rights-in-bangladesh-12-april-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35291-starvation-fears-in-bangladesh-11-april-2007 2008-06-12T03:33:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sXPN0RfLZRQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sXPN0RfLZRQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35291-starvation-fears-in-bangladesh-11-april-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38818" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The head of the Wolrd Bank has said urgent action is needed to combat a growing global food crisis.</p> <p>Robert Zoellick said that in Bangladesh, staples such as rice can cost almost half of a poor family's daily income.</p> <p>Hannah Belcher reports from Dacca, where there are fears many could starve to death.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35291-starvation-fears-in-bangladesh-11-april-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33500-frost-over-the-world-fakhruddin-ahmed-21-mar-08 2008-06-14T03:30:09Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygAcD5sROqI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygAcD5sROqI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33500-frost-over-the-world-fakhruddin-ahmed-21-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36513" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Fakhruddin Ahmed, Bangladesh prime minister, joins Sir David this week and talks about the state of emergency in his country.</p> <p>He talks about the background of the state of emergency and why it was placed. </p> <p>The prime minister says it was declared in January 2007 to bring the country back to normalcy and root out corruption that plagued the country for many years. </p> <p>No specific time has been given to lift the emergency and the deadline to have free elections is set for December 2008.</p> <p>The prime minister says he is confident and committed to seeing the elections take place at that time.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33500-frost-over-the-world-fakhruddin-ahmed-21-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32285-bangladesh-s-floating-hope-11-mar-08 2008-06-13T03:30:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfXNyH-cB34&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfXNyH-cB34&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32285-bangladesh-s-floating-hope-11-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34785" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A project underway in Bangladesh is bringing health care to some of the country's most inaccessible communities.</p> <p>It's reaching places regular medical care doesn't always get to... because it operates from a river barge - and it's free.</p> <p>Nicolas Haque reports on the Friendship project that's opeating on the Brahmaputura River.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32285-bangladesh-s-floating-hope-11-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30123-muhammad-yunus-discusses-sustainability-at-cgi 2008-10-11T20:32:56Z Clinton Foundation <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WCGMCvrI8sw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WCGMCvrI8sw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30123-muhammad-yunus-discusses-sustainability-at-cgi"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32455" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More many of us reap the benefits of the global economy, more than half the world is left behind. Watch Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Al Gregawi, Ashoka founder and CEO William Drayton, and Citi Director Robert Rubin discuss successful models for sustainable development, and why economic inclusiveness is a universal priority.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30123-muhammad-yunus-discusses-sustainability-at-cgi">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30100-frost-over-the-world-cuba-muhammad-yunus-22-feb-08 2008-06-16T03:32:57Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwBX8VARHi0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwBX8VARHi0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30100-frost-over-the-world-cuba-muhammad-yunus-22-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32422" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This week Fidel Castro announced that he was stepping down after nearly five decades in power. Peter Kornbluh, the director of the National Security Archive's Cuba Documentation Project, joins Sir David to discuss Castro's legacy and Cuba's political future. Also, Muhammad Yunus, the economist affectionately known as the 'world's banker to the poor', joins the show to discuss his new book, 'Creating a World without Poverty'.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30100-frost-over-the-world-cuba-muhammad-yunus-22-feb-08">Watch the video</a>