King for a Day
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'The King of America,' said the villager. 'King of America, he'll come here, see our village, meet us, and see how we live!'
For the inhabitants of the small village of Joypura in Bangladesh, the visit of the President of the United States to their village was a matter of great pride and honor. After all, he was the 'King of America' and the most powerful man on earth. The chaos, the upheaval, the widening of roads, the removal of unsightly shops, not to mention the invasion of hundreds of troops and officials was a small price to pay for having such an honored guest. But Joypura was only a small part of President Clinton's busy 12-hour visit to Bangladesh in March 2000.
Arrangements started a month prior to his visit in the capital of Dhaka. Marines, secret service agents and U.S. security personnel arrived in the city from the beginning of March. Security equipment, bulletproof cars, scent dogs, packaged food and mineral water arrived daily at the airport. The capital's only five-star hotel was all but taken over by the President's men. The airport security and city's traffic system were scrutinized by U.S. security personnel. Roads were repaired, trees painted, road markings re-painted. Posters, portraits, American flags decorated the city. But, not everyone was ready to celebrate the arrival of the first U.S. presidential visit.
KING FOR A DAY is the diary of a cynical Bangladeshi journalist as he follows the arrangements for the arrival of President Bill Clinton in March 2000, the growing tension, the demonstrations, the disappointments, whilst he tries to find out what the common man really feels about President Clinton's visit.
KING FOR A DAY is a satire on globalization and its implications for the citizens of developing nations. When the president of the world's wealthiest nation decides to spend 12 hours in the capital of one of the world's poorest nations, the build up to the visit is perhaps far more important than the day itself.
'For anyone still perplexed by widespread resentment at the smug exercise of American power around the globe, this inventive docudrama-narrated through the eyes of a jaded young journalist-will provide an unvarnished education. King for a Day neatly captures the phony hypocrisy of a U.S. presidential tour through South Asia in May, 2000, providing a street level view of the theatrics of American power. Clinton's insular entourage is shown blowing through Bangladesh in 12 hours like an indifferent cyclone: secret service agents stake out Dhaka's luxury hotel, while brigades of day laborers sweep and buff the road from the airport. Street vendors and beggars are banished from view. Asked to speculate on 'King' Clinton's identity and intentions, the urban poor imagine that he might be the president of Iraq or that he might even convert to Islam. Meanwhile, we learn that the American delegation has its eyes fixed on Bangladesh's vast untapped natural gas reserves while sycophantic Bangladeshi ministers go begging in vain for an enhanced garment export quota. In a sickening, if predictable, denouement, Clinton's scheduled visit to a rural village is cancelled for 'security' reasons and the village is resurrected in the U.S. embassy compound for photo-ops instead. For American viewers unaccustomed to distinguishing between Hollywood, corporate media, and democracy, the well-honed cynicism of Bangladesh's public intellectuals and print media shown here will be salutary indeed.' Eric Worby, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
'A tongue-in-cheek poke at Bangladesh officialdom for doing their best to spruce up the country to impress the most powerful man in the world...Bangla humor at it's best. A real gem for those who know and love Bangladesh.' Tom McMahon, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Bangladesh)
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Main credits
Joshi, R. (screenwriter)
Joshi, R. (narrator)
Gabbay, Alex (film director)
Gabbay, Alex (film producer)
Gabbay, Alex (cinematographer)
Other credits
Music, Anusha Adil; editor, Anu Sarkar.
Distributor subjects
Asian Studies; Globalization; Humanities; Humor; Journalism; Mass Communications; Multicultural Studies; SociologyKeywords
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[sil.]
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[music]
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(inaudible). Good morning, Mr. President.
Welcome to Bangladesh.
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Welcome to the Dhaka, Bangladesh. Welcome
to the capital of the real world
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where the heat is hot and the poor are
poor and floods are floods and aid is aid.
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Welcome, welcome, welcome. (inaudible).
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Where the hell am I?
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Oh sir, you are being welcomed into Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Indian subcontinent. Why Indian? Because they are bigger,
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South Asia, South of Northern Hemisphere,
sir. The other side of the world from you.
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[music]
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My name? My name is Murshid-ul Zaman,
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friend of Raymond Chandler and Mr.
Philip Marlowe.
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Job, stringer to a stringer. Assignment,
get local colour before he arrives,
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before Clinton arrives. Get what
people are saying, he said,
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what they are thinking, imagining.
12 days to go, 12 days,
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and what else did the lady boss say? Oh
sorry, (inaudible) what did the dame say?
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Brought (inaudible). Ms. Farida-ur Rehman.
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Get me a good story to file.
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Let\'s look back at the case.
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Province of East Bengal in undivided
India changes to East Pakistan in 1947
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with Hindu-Muslim riots, partition, and
independence. Bengali language protest
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from 1952 against West Pakistani
Punjabi hegemony. Upheaval in 1970.
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The East votes their men into power in
Pakistan and the Punjabis don\'t like it.
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They owned the army and they send it.
One year of occupation,
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rape, genocide, systematic
destruction of everything local.
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War, defeat of big brother, Pakistan\'s army
with a little help from bigger brother, India.
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Independence. Again, Swadhin Sonar Bangla,
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free golden Bengal aka Bangladesh.
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Date 1972, all the time even
bigger brother USA watching,
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making threatening noises. Nixon, Henry
Kissinger, US Navy seventh fleet
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in Bay of Bengal. Then they almost sent in
the aircraft carrier called Eisenhower.
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Now, they are sending a
flying cigar called Clinton.
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[sil.]
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The capital city of Dhaka has been decorated
with new flavour on the occasion of
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the US President, Bill Clinton\'s forthcoming
visit to Bangladesh. Dhaka city got new…
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No.
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[sil.]
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Suspect will land at 10:00 AM.
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By 10:00 PM, he would be gone. So $400,000
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for a 12-hour picnic. So $600 a minute
for Mr. Big to have his little day trip.
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So who cares if no one knows who is coming,
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American President or Iraqi President? William
Hussein Junior or Saddam Jefferson Clinton?
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Who cares so long as the
City Corporation pays them
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these good daily rate of one dollar a day. Clinton can
come and play president of whatever country he wants.
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[music]
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Our interpretation of Clinton
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is kind of like a Rambo, I\'ll
just show you one of my journal
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which I actually depicted is his,
like this, and that\'s what it says,
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he is a terrorist. We\'re saying
that Clinton, the Rambo,
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wanted for terrorist activity against the
people of the world, and that\'s what he is.
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And that the most humiliating is this,
he\'s coming in a country and his visit
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is totally being organized
by the American state.
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So the Bangladesh state is not involved at all.
So that\'s it. I think it is not a state visit,
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it is not anyway to develop relationship the peoples
of Bangladesh and the peoples of the United States.
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It is a feudal simple piracy, piracy
of gas which this poor country has.
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[sil.]
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Famous presidential saying, number one.
Theodore Roosevelt
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talking about gunboat diplomacy.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
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Change today to speak softly and carry
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a big gas pipeline.
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[non-English narration]
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Foreign investment in Bangladesh
has more than doubled
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during the 1996-99 period compared to
the previous five years in \'91 to \'96,
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and the trend is encouraging with prospects
of huge investment in the oil and gas sector.
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Janab Haque said, a number of
major companies; Shell, Unocal,
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Chevron, Dasaco have already
invested in gas sector.
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The entrepreneurs registered with BOI for
investment included mainly from the USA, UK,
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Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Korea, Saudi Arabia, France,
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India, Germany, Jordan, Norway, and China.
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[sil.]
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Farida, I was dreaming of
her when the phone rang.
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I had to push her hair away from my face and
wake up. And it was on the line Farida,
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and so excited. They are
here she says you know,
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they brought everything. Bulletproof cars,
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night vision equipment,
toothpaste, sniffer dogs,
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satellite equipment, cornflakes,
51 secret service agents,
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also marines. In India, they have even brought
in their own helicopters and cutleries.
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Here, you will have a replica of the
White House communications rooms.
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If he lifts up the phone, a woman will say, good
morning, Mr. President. Do you want me in your office?
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Good morning, Monica. No, not now.
I want to bomb Baghdad first.
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[sil.]
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I had a dream of Farida. No
phone from her this morning.
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Local colour, the best local
colour is the colour of the skin.
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I can imagine how somewhere else,
not here, somewhere foreign,
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a place hot and humid like here but different
where people are wearing very few clothes.
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Farida is in Florida.
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[sil.]
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Different local colour,
case suspect one, export;
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85% of export to America, garment export.
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$1.95 billion. Suspect two,
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labour force; 80% of labour force,
girls, young girls with nimble fingers,
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17-year-old fingers responsible for
propping up the entire economy of
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Sonar Golden Bangladesh. And suspect three,
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his export films, all pending forward for a
larger import quota for Mr. Big when he arrives,
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$1.95 billion and each of
these girls is getting
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what, maybe, maybe about $12 a month.
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These girls, I can\'t imagine them in
Florida or somewhere. Maybe Philippines,
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maybe, yes. Cheap labour is in use,
it just has a habit of disappearing
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and resurfacing somewhere else.
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[sil.]
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Asked about US investment
Janab Muqammal Haque said,
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it\'s for oil and gas exploration and production.
US entrepreneurs have also showed interest
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in investing in five-star hotels, sea
ports, airports, software development,
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cash-card system, etcetera. Besides
BOI Executive Chairman said,
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risk factors for foreign investment in Bangladesh
are minimal compared to many other countries
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of this region. Cost of production, especially
cost of labour, both skilled and semi-skilled
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is comparatively low, cost of living
is also quite low and reasonable here.
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And there is no communal
or ethnic problems.
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[sil.]
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Get an interview with a big journalist says
Farida, get something on globalization.
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Globalization, recolonization,
exploitation, three words you can choke on
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if you\'re not careful. Clinton\'s
government will promote
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American business in Bangladesh, but after
that what American business does in Bangladesh
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American government is not going to take any
responsibility. That\'s the one side. Now on my side,
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I have my government, Bangladesh
government and Bangladeshi people.
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Now most often, the governments of
the developing countries are weak,
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they\'re dying to get foreign investment,
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they are corrupt also, and they
have bureaucratic inefficiency.
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So the eagerness to compromise on national
interest and allow foreign investors
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to get away with a lot of things which
they would not have gotten… gotten away,
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let\'s say, in a developed country happens.
And if it is pressurized by the visit of
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people like President Clinton, then it
happens even more. So the net result is that
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you have the developing… developed country
governments promoting the companies of
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the west of the developed countries and developing
country governments are too weak to resist it.
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So ultimately the vulnerability of
the people of developing country
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remains and nobody is
looking at their interest.
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That I think… Famous sayings of American
presidents, number two, John F. Kennedy,
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\"Ask not what your country can do for you;
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ask what you can do for your
country.\" Today change to
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\"Ask not what the USA can do for you;
ask what you can do for the USA.\"
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Local colour, yes, eat tomorrow.
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Let us look at the case
again, the basket case.
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Famous lines by American statesman, Henry
Kissinger, speaking of the new nation
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in the 19070s, then called Bangladesh
the bottomless basket of the world,
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and now, now we have survived
famines, floods, democracy,
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foreign aid, and World Bank, being a
testing ground in name of development.
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Only problem is we have millions of dollars
of debt. Now we need to find a new image.
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[non-English narration]
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[music]
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[sil.]
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Why would he will come and see it? Mr. Big
will not be coming anywhere near this mud,
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neither will Farida, and tomorrow, she will
spend her Eid, smiling at some embassy men,
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trying to get close to Clinton. Oh,
I might actually get to see him.
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Him, him, him, it is like the whole
country has got these part-time lovers,
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sneaking here for short-time, 12 hours
while India (inaudible) and for this,
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we are making ourselves fitting.
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[music]
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[sil.]
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What do these people want? What do
they want? Oh, Mr. President sir,
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thank you in advance, sir. We are only wanting only
the following, sir, from you, not much, not so much.
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First, can we forget this small amount of debt,
this $700 million, sir? It is hardly much.
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Um-hmm, and what else?
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Oh sir, one more thing, just we were wanting naturalization
of our 50,000 of our immigrants in your country,
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just a few people, and it will be so much
strengthened the ties between us and, sir.
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I\'m listening, go ahead. Sir, and
increase in the garment export quota and
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sir, since you are a prophet of globalization,
some more investment from you in our… in our…
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[sil.]
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[sil.]
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Headline today, Bangladesh is looking for
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more than a handshake. Yes, it is more
like looking for a wire around our neck.
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The US President will visit National
Memorial at Savar, and place wreaths
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on the altar as a mark of respect to the
martyrs of Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
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He will visit a model of the
Ashrayan Project, a BRAX school,
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and development projects of Gramin
Bank at Joypura in Dhamrai.
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Highway, yes. Car, yes.
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Driver, yes. Nice weather, yes.
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Broad, Dave, Farida, no.
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Just Mr. Stringer on his way to a
village in the middle of nowhere.
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[sil.]
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[non-English narration]
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Here we are,
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Mr. President, Joypura, a normal, beautiful,
serene Bangladeshi rural village.
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What were those idiots at the
demonstration shouting about?
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Bangladesh is well on the highway to globalization
and there\'s nothing they can do about it.
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We are stuck on this bad road
following the wondering dollar.
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[sil.]
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[sil.]
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Two days left to meltdown. Look
at these walkie-talkie creatures
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crawling around, so afraid. What will come out
of the jungle? What will attack their boss?
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What fundamentalist is hiding there
with a missile on his shoulder?
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[sil.]
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[music]
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One more day to go. A story
that Farida will never use.
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Something boom terrorizes ordinary
citizens. Mr. Big\'s fighter planes
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playing up there in Bangladeshi airspace. Let us
see if I can get into the hotel and find Farida.
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Anything more?
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[sil.]
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[music]
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Hearty and red carpet warm welcome awaits
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the US President, William J. Clinton when he arrives in the
capital tomorrow morning on a day\'s visit to Bangladesh
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at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
It is the first visit by any US president
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to Bangladesh. President Justice Shahabuddin
Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
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will formally receive the US president
when he flies into Dhaka from New Delhi.
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A flurry of 21 gun salute will herald
the arrival of the US president.
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Four jet fighters of Bangladesh
Air Force are expected to escort
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Mr. Clinton\'s Air Force One plane as
it enters the Bangladesh airspace.
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Welcome! Welcome! Welcome, Mr. President.
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Welcome to Dhaka where the gas is gas and the girls
have clever fingers and desperation is desperation.
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Welcome to beautiful, colourful Bangladesh.
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Local colour she says, get me local
colour that\'s what they want.
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What colour? Look at these streets.
Welcome, sir. Welcome is on a president.
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Look, we have cleaned everything for you.
We have cleaned the roads of any people.
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We have cleaned any thought from the minds of the people.
We have cleaned the villages, we have cleaned the rivers
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and sterilize the skies. We have cleaned our
hearts of morals and everything is a green signal
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for your dollar.
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[sil.]
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No, no, no.
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There goes bigger Prime Minister
to welcome, welcome, welcome.
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Welcome, welcome, welcome.
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[sil.]
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And what about Farida? What will she say?
Well, Farida can say what she likes.
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This is no place for a stringer. This
is no place for someone like me.
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We were speaking to you from the International
Airport in Dhaka to cover live, a historic event,
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the arrival of a sitting US president,
William Jefferson Clinton to Bangladesh.
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The first leg of President
Clinton\'s maiden tour of
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the three South Asian nation begins
with Bangladesh, and his historic visit
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will certainly be remembered as one of the
most significant event of this millennium.
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President Clinton\'s visit is a milestone
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in the Bangladesh-US relations and a
show of support to Bangladesh\'s policies
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and its growing influence. His
distinguished entourage includes
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three key cabinet member; the Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright,
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Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, and
Commerce Secretary William Daley.
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[sil.]
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Viewers, we can see cabinet ministers
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who have lined up for the presentation line to
be introduced to the US President Bill Clinton.
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[sil.]
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Viewers, while we wait for
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President Clinton\'s arrival, we would like to
share with you some interesting information
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on President Bill Clinton.
Originally named as
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William Jefferson Blythe, the third, and
by named Bill Clinton, he was born on
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August 19, 1946 at Hope
in the Arkansas province.
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A posthumous child, Bill lost his father,
William Jefferson Blythe, the second,
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in an automobile accident. His
mother later married Roger Clinton
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and Bill eventually took the latter\'s name.
Bill Clinton graduated
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from Georgetown University of
Washington DC in 1968 with a degree
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in International Affairs and then attended
the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar
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for two years. He graduated from
the Yale University Law School
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in 1973 and joined the faculty of
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University of Arkansas
School of Law the same year.
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We can see the Secretary of State
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Madeleine Albright coming
out of the aircraft.
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[sil.]
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Yes, we can now see the United States
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42nd President Bill Clinton who\'s
just landed from the aircraft,
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and has been received by
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the President of Bangladesh,
Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed, and
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the Honourable Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina.
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Shaking hands with the
members of the cabinet
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being introduced by Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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[music]
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President Clinton has
entered the limousine.
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Sorry, President Clinton is now entering
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a jeep. Meanwhile dozens of school children
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carrying flowers, bouquets, and
miniature flags of the United States
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and Bangladesh have lined
up at the VVIP route
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from the airport to greet the US President.
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[music]