http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/rahman 2008-11-22T10:55:39Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63540-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt1 2008-11-22T10:55:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C7OTbnVf018&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C7OTbnVf018&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63540-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79736" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Members of Arab league countries bordering the Red Sea are meeting in Cairo to find a way to solve the piracy problem in the Horn of Africa.</p> <p>What can they do to address this escalating problem when some of the mightiest naval forces in the world have failed? How is it that gangs of men in small boats can hold a whole industry to ransom?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Richard Spector, an international and shipping law specialist with ELS; Jan Fritz Hansen, the executive vice-president of the Danish Shipowners' Association; and Mark Calter, a maritime security analyst at Olton Solutions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63540-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63541-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt2 2008-11-22T10:55:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fyjnbBRqTms&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fyjnbBRqTms&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63541-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79737" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Members of Arab league countries bordering the Red Sea are meeting in Cairo to find a way to solve the piracy problem in the Horn of Africa.</p> <p>What can they do to address this escalating problem when some of the mightiest naval forces in the world have failed? How is it that gangs of men in small boats can hold a whole industry to ransom?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Richard Spector, an international and shipping law specialist with ELS; Jan Fritz Hansen, the executive vice-president of the Danish Shipowners' Association; and Mark Calter, a maritime security analyst at Olton Solutions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63541-inside-story-arab-league-anti-piracy-meeting-nov-20-pt2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63375-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-part-1 2008-11-22T10:55:41Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6lpejtcKJ8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6lpejtcKJ8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63375-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79465" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Voters in Indian-administered Kashmir started heading for the polls on Monday, November 17, amid tight security. Voting for the 87 assembly seats comprising the state government is being held in seven stages until December 24, 2008.</p> <p>So far, around 55 per cent of Indian-controlled Kashmir's 6.4 million strong electorate have turned out to vote, including many Muslims, who separatists and rebels are urging to boycott the elections to protest against New Delhi's hold over the Himalayan region.</p> <p>Indian-administered Kashmir was put under direct federal rule in July, after the state government collapsed following its controversial decision to donate land in to a Hindu pilgrim trust. About 70 per cent of the region's population is Muslim. This year has seen some of the biggest anti-India protests in the Kashmir Valley since an insurgency began in 1989.</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman and guests Raja Assad Hameed, a special correspondent for the Nation, a Pakistani daily newspaper, the author and academic Prem Shankar Jha, and Victoria Schofield, an author and expert on Kashmir, will discuss the issues surrounding the elections and the wider conflict over the region between nuclear powers India and Pakistan.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63375-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63370-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-nov-19 2008-11-22T10:55:41Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j1thWvP5YNg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j1thWvP5YNg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63370-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-nov-19"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79454" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Voters in Indian-administered Kashmir started heading for the polls on Monday, November 17, amid tight security. Voting for the 87 assembly seats comprising the state government is being held in seven stages until December 24, 2008.</p> <p>So far, around 55 per cent of Indian-controlled Kashmir's 6.4 million strong electorate have turned out to vote, including many Muslims, who separatists and rebels are urging to boycott the elections to protest against New Delhi's hold over the Himalayan region.</p> <p>Indian-administered Kashmir was put under direct federal rule in July, after the state government collapsed following its controversial decision to donate land in to a Hindu pilgrim trust. About 70 per cent of the region's population is Muslim. This year has seen some of the biggest anti-India protests in the Kashmir Valley since an insurgency began in 1989.</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman and guests Raja Assad Hameed, a special correspondent for the Nation, a Pakistani daily newspaper, the author and academic Prem Shankar Jha, and Victoria Schofield, an author and expert on Kashmir, will discuss the issues surrounding the elections and the wider conflict over the region between nuclear powers India and Pakistan.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63370-inside-story-indian-administered-kashmir-elections-nov-19">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2 2008-11-22T10:55:42Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7o8kAjl1QM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7o8kAjl1QM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79217" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The security pact proposal put forward by the United States is being debated in the Iraqi parliament. The 'status of forces' agreement has been signed by the US ambassador to Iraq and the Iraqi foreign minister to express their support, and that of the Iraqi cabinet. </p> <p>The agreement proposes that 150,000 US troops should remain in Iraq for the next three years, setting a timetable for withdrawal of 2011, although they could stay longer if both sides agree, but some Iraqis fear this could be the first step towards a permanent occupation.</p> <p>Not all parties are happy with the terms and the Iraqi population remains divided, not least because the agreement provides for legal immunity for US forces in Iraq. If crimes including rape and murder are committed within US camps or within a mission they cannot be prosecuted under Iraqi law. The US says it has to protect its citizens, but critics say American soldiers can act with impunity.</p> <p>Has the status of forces met Iraqi concerns and how will it work in practice?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Ali Al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi government spokesman, Sami Ramadani, a columnist and senior lecturer in sociology at London Metropolitan University, and Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of Ending the Iraq War.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1 2008-11-22T10:55:42Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QWhBWFaxguI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QWhBWFaxguI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79216" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The security pact proposal put forward by the United States is being debated in the Iraqi parliament. The 'status of forces' agreement has been signed by the US ambassador to Iraq and the Iraqi foreign minister to express their support, and that of the Iraqi cabinet. </p> <p>The agreement proposes that 150,000 US troops should remain in Iraq for the next three years, setting a timetable for withdrawal of 2011, although they could stay longer if both sides agree, but some Iraqis fear this could be the first step towards a permanent occupation.</p> <p>Not all parties are happy with the terms and the Iraqi population remains divided, not least because the agreement provides for legal immunity for US forces in Iraq. If crimes including rape and murder are committed within US camps or within a mission they cannot be prosecuted under Iraqi law. The US says it has to protect its citizens, but critics say American soldiers can act with impunity.</p> <p>Has the status of forces met Iraqi concerns and how will it work in practice?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Ali Al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi government spokesman, Sami Ramadani, a columnist and senior lecturer in sociology at London Metropolitan University, and Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of Ending the Iraq War.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59251-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-2 2008-10-27T06:52:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0B4CXfj62YI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0B4CXfj62YI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59251-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72755" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Iraqi government has criticised US military chief Mike Mullen for warning of "major security losses" if Iraq does not pass a key security deal.</p> <p>Previously, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned of "dramatic consequences" if Washington and Baghdad do not agree a security deal on US forces in Iraq.</p> <p>In an unexpected move, Iraq's cabinet is demanding changes to a draft deal already agreed with Washington, which would allow US forces to stay in Iraq until 2011.</p> <p>The draft has also been strongly opposed by the faction led by radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, who brought thousands of supporters on to the streets of Baghdad on Saturday in protest. It has also been opposed by Sunni Muslim clerics and other opposition parties in Iraq.</p> <p>Inside Story asks what is likely to happen after the December 31 deadline?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59251-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59250-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-1 2008-10-27T06:52:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WR_i5c-CAKM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WR_i5c-CAKM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59250-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72754" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Iraqi government has criticised US military chief Mike Mullen for warning of "major security losses" if Iraq does not pass a key security deal.</p> <p>Previously, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned of "dramatic consequences" if Washington and Baghdad do not agree a security deal on US forces in Iraq.</p> <p>In an unexpected move, Iraq's cabinet is demanding changes to a draft deal already agreed with Washington, which would allow US forces to stay in Iraq until 2011.</p> <p>The draft has also been strongly opposed by the faction led by radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, who brought thousands of supporters on to the streets of Baghdad on Saturday in protest. It has also been opposed by Sunni Muslim clerics and other opposition parties in Iraq.</p> <p>Inside Story asks what is likely to happen after the December 31 deadline?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59250-inside-story-iraq-security-deal-oct-24-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59039-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-2 2008-10-27T00:53:08Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1GZnLNfrI0c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1GZnLNfrI0c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59039-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72451" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>icolas Sarkozy, the French president, who currently holds the rotating post of EU president, is spearheading efforts to formulate a new financial world order to prevent a reoccurence of the current global financial crisis.</p> <p>Sarkozy has outlined the EU's response to the stock market vacillations and bank collapses, calling for the implementation of a global system of regulation and a ban on banks with state money working through tax havens.</p> <p>Next week, Sarkozy is due to visit Beijing and is expected to call on both China and India to join in efforts to work towards resolving and preventing more financial market turmoil. </p> <p>Sarkozy and Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said they would use an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to urge the two fast-growing export countries to join in taking responsibility for stabilising the world economy in the wake of the credit crisis.</p> <p>At this point, China and India are reluctant as they cannot see many incentives to induce them to do so.</p> <p>In this edition of Inside Story Erik Berglof, the chief economist and special adviser to the president at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Iain Begg, a professor at the European Institute, London School of Economics; and Mohan Guruswamy, the chairman and founder of the Centre for Policy Alternatives will join the presenter Sohail Rahman.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59039-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59038-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-1 2008-10-27T00:53:08Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_RLhSKmFNg4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_RLhSKmFNg4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59038-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72450" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who currently holds the rotating post of EU president, is spearheading efforts to formulate a new financial world order to prevent a reoccurence of the current global financial crisis.</p> <p>Sarkozy has outlined the EU's response to the stock market vacillations and bank collapses, calling for the implementation of a global system of regulation and a ban on banks with state money working through tax havens.</p> <p>Next week, Sarkozy is due to visit Beijing and is expected to call on both China and India to join in efforts to work towards resolving and preventing more financial market turmoil. </p> <p>Sarkozy and Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said they would use an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to urge the two fast-growing export countries to join in taking responsibility for stabilising the world economy in the wake of the credit crisis.</p> <p>At this point, China and India are reluctant as they cannot see many incentives to induce them to do so.</p> <p>In this edition of Inside Story Erik Berglof, the chief economist and special adviser to the president at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Iain Begg, a professor at the European Institute, London School of Economics; and Mohan Guruswamy, the chairman and founder of the Centre for Policy Alternatives will join the presenter Sohail Rahman.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59038-inside-story-sarkozy-s-new-financial-world-order-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44181-pakistan-troops-after-khyber-1-july-2008 2008-10-27T09:30:03Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lalb6ahSWoc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lalb6ahSWoc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44181-pakistan-troops-after-khyber-1-july-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50538" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>For a fourth day running, Pakistani troops have attacked tribal villages near the border with Afghanistan. </p> <p>Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports from the Khyber region to the west of Peshawar where another attack is planned on a town refusing women to go out shopping on their own.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44181-pakistan-troops-after-khyber-1-july-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43414-pakistani-forces-control-khyber-region-city-29-june-200 2008-10-27T09:29:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/giEwxrg3T1g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/giEwxrg3T1g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43414-pakistani-forces-control-khyber-region-city-29-june-200"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49721" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>After a second day of a major offensive against Islamist fighters, Pakistani forces are now in control of a key town in the Khyber tribal region. The operation was launched on Sautrday to counter local fighters who have been ambushing supply convoys for Nato and US troops in Afghanistan. From Peshawar, Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43414-pakistani-forces-control-khyber-region-city-29-june-200">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42046-political-activists-detained-in-bangladesh-17-jun-08 2008-10-26T09:31:17Z 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/29558-pakistan-s-poor-voters-voice-concerns-17-feb-08 2008-10-15T03:31:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4R-y0TKB2xM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4R-y0TKB2xM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29558-pakistan-s-poor-voters-voice-concerns-17-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31797" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In the run up to the election, Al Jazeera has been examining the issues that matter most to the people of Pakistan. </p> <p>In his third and final report, Al Jazeera's So Rahman travelled to the capital, Islamabad, to meet migrant workers concerned about their place in Pakistan's developing economy.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29558-pakistan-s-poor-voters-voice-concerns-17-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23277-pakistan-struggles-to-cope-with-its-loss-1-january-2007 2008-10-21T03:30:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x9vkEYJ4GoM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x9vkEYJ4GoM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23277-pakistan-struggles-to-cope-with-its-loss-1-january-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/24871" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Pakistan is still tense after the attack that killed Benazir Bhutto. At least forty others were killed in that blast. Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports of how many of them are struggling to come to terms with the loss of both their leader, and family members.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23277-pakistan-struggles-to-cope-with-its-loss-1-january-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17288-villagers-flee-swat-valley-fighting-29-oct-07 2008-10-22T21:31:34Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zKLbVTKqoKI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zKLbVTKqoKI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17288-villagers-flee-swat-valley-fighting-29-oct-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17018" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman travelled to Pakistan's Swat Valley where local people are trapped in the middle of a battle between government forces and fighters loyal to a Muslim cleric.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17288-villagers-flee-swat-valley-fighting-29-oct-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17215-swat-valley-battle-continues-28-october-2007 2008-10-23T03:29:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFKWruDMNnU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFKWruDMNnU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17215-swat-valley-battle-continues-28-october-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16948" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Clashes between Pakistani paramilitary troops and supporters of a pro-Taliban religious leader have entered a third day.</p> <p>So far 15 people have been killed in the Swat valley region, including 13 who were allegedly beheaded by fighters loyal to Maulana Fazlullah. </p> <p>Sohail Rahman reports exclusively for Al Jazeera from Swat valley.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17215-swat-valley-battle-continues-28-october-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16932-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-2 2008-10-23T03:30:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qt0BCa3uoEU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qt0BCa3uoEU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16932-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16661" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Prime minister of Pakistan talks to Aljazeera's Sohail Rahman.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16932-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16931-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-1 2008-10-29T04:09:43Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U48dsnrtf2Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U48dsnrtf2Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16931-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16660" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Prime minister of Pakistan talks to Aljazeera's Sohail Rahman.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16931-talk-to-jazeera-shaukat-aziz-24-oct-07-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16621-pakistan-premier-shaukat-aziz-interview 2008-10-23T03:32:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c0BoooVG1j4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c0BoooVG1j4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16621-pakistan-premier-shaukat-aziz-interview"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16350" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As the investigation continues into the bombings, Benazir Bhutto has urged the authorities to seek help from the international community. Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman has spoken exclusively to the current prime minister Shaukat Aziz, whose term is set to end in less than a month, and began by asking his reaction to the attack.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16621-pakistan-premier-shaukat-aziz-interview">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15155-pakistan-s-presidential-poll-unfolds-07-oct-2007 2008-10-23T21:29:57Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8d29BfTK0eY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8d29BfTK0eY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15155-pakistan-s-presidential-poll-unfolds-07-oct-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15022" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As expected Pervez Musharraf has won nearly all the votes but he still cannot be declared the winner of Pakistan's presidential poll. <br />In order to secure a another term, Pakistan's supreme court must rule that Musharraf is eligible to stand and that ruling is at least 11 days away.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports from Islamabad as the election unfolds.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15155-pakistan-s-presidential-poll-unfolds-07-oct-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9495-fighting-for-a-country-06-august-2007 2008-10-26T03:30:19Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KoUQSqY6LNU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KoUQSqY6LNU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9495-fighting-for-a-country-06-august-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9610" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>About 300,000 Biharis have been stranded in Bangladesh for the last 60 years.</p> <p>Sohail Rahman, reporting for Al Jazeera from Bangladesh, travelled to the Geneva camp in Dhaka, where thousands of people are crammed into an area smaller than a football pitch.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9495-fighting-for-a-country-06-august-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6985-al-jazeera-exclusive-on-pakistan-mosque-23-may-2007 2008-10-14T15:30:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ld3Xrl_ZdKI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ld3Xrl_ZdKI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6985-al-jazeera-exclusive-on-pakistan-mosque-23-may-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6265" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera reporter Sohail Rahman visits the Islamabad mosque at the centre of a tense standoff.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6985-al-jazeera-exclusive-on-pakistan-mosque-23-may-2007">Watch the video</a>