Berman also covered the Indian Ocean tsunami from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and the steroids scandal in American sports.
"It's a very good mela, very well organised, " says Shambhu Lal, who lives in Banda district.
"No my Lord, I deny the charge, " Mr Banda told the court, AFP reports.
It's also pretty clear that President Banda's office has handled a messy situation with staggering ineptitude.
His successor, President Joyce Banda, has taken steps to appease donors with a series of reforms.
But in Banda Aceh, where military oppression was less severe, confusion creeps back in.
Mr Mwanawasa remains in intensive care in the Percy military hospital in Paris, Mr Banda said.
Today, Banda Aceh is rattled by quakes sometimes two to three times a week.
Ms Zuma, Sirleaf and Banda are card-carrying members of the ruling elite, socially and politically.
Dave Banda added a third after 49 minutes to end any thoughts of an Algeria comeback.
The office of President Joyce Banda says the plane will be sold to the highest bidder.
Since taking over, Mrs Banda has taken several steps to improve relations with Western donors.
Banda refused to fall in line with the party, instead forming the People's Party in 2011.
Jose Banda, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, defended the use of testing to rate teachers.
Under Dr Kamuzu Banda, the constitution allowed for people to be penalised for their religious beliefs.
Henry Banda left the country shortly after his father lost power and is wanted by Zambian police.
Banda has said that Malawi would lose all-important donor support if it invited al-Bashir to the country.
In 1966, Malawi became a republic within the Commonwealth with Dr. Hastings Banda as its first president.
The new government has launched a high-profile investigation into allegations of corruption by members of Mr Banda's administration.
"Look at me - I'm not panicking, " said President Banda, in an interview at State House in Lilongwe.
On Monday, Mr Banda said that the president's health had suddenly deteriorated and he had undergone emergency surgery.
This April, Joyce Banda unexpectedly became Malawi's first female president after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.
They stayed poor and Dr Banda spent at least a month a year at a top London hotel.
Asked the simplest of questions, the deputy editor of the weekly newspaper Kontras in Banda Aceh frowns in concentration.
Despite being an ally of Mr Mutharika, he was retained by President Banda.
In a news conference earlier Friday, Banda told reporters she was kept "in the dark" regarding the president's condition.
As Mr Banda was away at the time, it is hard to tell how fully he endorsed such attacks.
For a start, independent observers questioned Mr Banda's narrow victory over his chief rival in last year's presidential election.
But Pitman hopes Malawi's new president Joyce Banda can do things differently.
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In the post-war independence stirrings in Africa, Dr Banda played an ambivalent role.
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