The Daily Star: Internet Edition Mon. June 11, 2007

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Mon. June 11, 2007


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Heiligendamm G8 Summit -- nothing spectacular
Mahmood Hasan
The annual summit of the eight richest countries, G8, has just ended (6-8 June) in the German Baltic resort of Heiligendamm.

Insatiable power knows no shame
S. I. Zaman
Bangladesh is going through the most trying time -- the present transition period may perhaps be defined as the most significant watershed since its liberation in 1971 from the Pakistani shackles.

Apolitical budget of non-political government: What does it mean for inflation?
Syeed Ahamed and Jyoti Rahman
Joseph Levine, a Hollywood movie director, once said that: "You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough!" He could not possibly have known how literally