There's also an excellent obituary of Dith Pran in The Times, and a video testament on the website.
The need to rethink Britishness for a post-multicultural age is a regular theme for Gordon Brown, the (Scottish) prime-minister-not-much-longer-in-waiting.The shock of hearing a suicide-bomber's video testament delivered in a Yorkshire accent hitherto more associated with cricket commentary than terrorism spelled the end for multiculturalism.
Priebke's insistence in what his lawyer called a "video testament" that he was only following orders echoed the on-camera explanation he gave to Sam Donaldson in 1994, when an ABC News crew discovered him living in Argentina, under his own name.
They write the texts for the video testaments filmed shortly before each self-immolation (making them unreliable records of the true motives of the "martyr"), which the bombers themselves watch to redouble their resolve.
The site launched in August to "promote experimentation and exploration"; so far, this goal has taken the form of Flickr-group collaborations and, most recently, "Remembering Lennon," in which fans can upload video testaments to their favorite memories of John Lennon.
The video testaments, which are shot against a background of the sponsoring organization's banner and slogans, show the living martyr reciting the Koran, posing with guns and bombs, exhorting his comrades to follow his example, and extolling the virtues of jihad.
India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food, and customs are extraordinarily intriguing to the world, and Coldplay and Beyonce's amazingly popular video is testament to the fact that the globe is ready to embrace Indian culture in a truly special way!
She makes music to dance to, and her videos are testament to that: Get Up, Promise, Ride, Like A Boy – I can't pick a fave.
On the one hand, the video is a testament to modern technology's extraordinary feats — not only instant communication across blocks or continents, but also an almost god-like access to information about the world around us.
The video is a testament to that.
She further believed that the video was a testament to Gaga's brilliance "as an artist that uses the video art form as the jump-off point for the next leg of their career".
