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	<title>imperfect &#124; world &#124; 2010</title>
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		<title>Who is to blame for the Yunus fiasco?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gott im himmel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So who is to blame for the Yunus fiasco?
First place  has to go to the Norwegians. They (NRK) made a documentary which set Bangladesh on fire and then at crucial moments, like for example the whitewash Norwegian investigation into Grameen and the disgraceful pronouncements of Erik Solheim (the aid minister) exonerating Grameen, NRK was totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking news - Yunus sacked</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1079</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gloating is not a dignified thing to do. Today, and in this particular case,  I make an exception. Tom Heinemann&#8217;s documentary &#8220;Caught in Micro Debt&#8221; set off a chain events which resulted in a thorough evaluation of the operations of Grameen. And today the man who has headed it for decades has been sacked.  For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grameen Re-think</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1078</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grameen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yunus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yunus&#8217; supporters have tried to create a smokescreen so that the recent exposures appear as malicious and politically motivated. It is about time they took a more detached approach and seriously address the much needed restructuring that Grameen warrants. Why are they concerned about protecting Yunus and not the poor?
 Here is an outline of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRK STATEMENT on NORWAY&#8217;S WHITEWASH</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1077</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Translated by Mr Google from http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/brennpunkt/1.7419927
Norad&#8217;s fresh account of the Norwegian aid money for the Grameen Bank differs in several respects from the words of the secret stamped documents that have been in Norad&#8217;s archives since 1998. Norad looked away from 109 million at the time, according to the Norwegian Embassy in Bangladesh, was tapped from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norway&#8217;s reponse to the Grameen scandal is inadequate</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1076</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE BOTTOM LINE:
It seems that 608 million (the documented 540 million aid NOK from NORAD and
other donors) were transferred WITHOUT INFORMING THE DONORS to Grameen Kalyan,
which had a completely different purpose than the Grameen Bank (among
other things, to create joint ventures, invest in other companies,
invest capital in shares, etc).
- 50 million had already been transferred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grameen and Yunus Scandal - some questions</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1075</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The transaction was NOT NEUTRAL as Grameen have portrayed it but
rather very significant.  We  have to consider the following important issues: 
MASSIVE IMPACT ON EQUITY
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
Grameen Bank shareholders had a hugely reduced stake suddenly WITHOUT
COMPENSATION. Indeed MORE THAN THAT they were burdened with debt by a
massive amount.
THERE WERE NO SAFEGUARDS
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
The Embassy were very concerned about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Yunus of Grameen and the case of the missing millions</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1074</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[investors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grameen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[heinemann]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[norway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Documentary: &#8220;Caught in Microdebt&#8221; by Tom Heinemann
Tonight a documentary will be aired on NRK Television where investigative documentary maker and journalist, Tom Heinemann,  reveals some dubious goings on in the financial empire that is Grameen. It again involves Professor Yunus duping the Norwegians ( this time the Norwegian government ) into giving him and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urdu-speaking Bangladeshis: Exhibition and future plans</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1073</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bihari]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photographs]]></category>

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Here is a report of our Ummid 2010 competition and exhibition. This was an international photographic contest and exhibition we organised on the the 2nd anniversary of the granting of citizenship to urdu-speaking Bangladeshis. Held at the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka in May, it received wide support and media coverage.
Read a brief report here and about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tres Tristes Tigres</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1072</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new short film directed by David Munoz and co-produced by me has just been finished. The film tells of the forced repatriation of three Bangladeshi migrant workers after the financial crisis in Dubai, and the implications for their lives.
David&#8217;s last short film - Flowers of Rwanda - won the Spanish Film Academy&#8217;s Goya Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rohingya Refugees ignored</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1071</link>
		<comments>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1071#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[burma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rohingya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An American medical charity has warned that  thousands of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh are facing starvation. Physicians  for Human Rights said government authorities are preventing the  Rohingya, a Muslim minority, from receiving adequate care. Read here. 
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		<title>Still more trouble in the hills</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1070</link>
		<comments>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1070#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arsonists on Thursday torched four indigenous homes and a school run by UNICEF in the troubled Baghaichari upazila of Rangamati hill district. Read here. 
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		<title>Still a ghetto. Still a colony. Still a camp.</title>
		<link>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1069</link>
		<comments>http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=1069#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bihari]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Done with very little consultation, this announcement summarises the state of democratic planning in bangladesh:
Dhaka, Mar 3 (bdnews24.com) – Dhaka City Corporation has undertaken a massive project to construct 45 high-rise buildings at Mohammadpur to rehabilitate the tens of thousands of stranded Pakistanis who have been inhabiting rundown refugee camps for nearly four decades, since [...]]]></description>
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