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Today’s Chiropractor

Saturday, 21 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

There are many misconceptions about chiropractic. In a society and culture that has been raised with the ‘Take a pill’ mentality, we have rarely been taught to...

A Look inside a provocative North Korea

Saturday, 21 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, has been closed off from the outside world since the mid-1970s. ...

The Mismeasure of wealth

Friday, 20 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Despite many successes in creating a more integrated and stable global economy, a new report by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability – Resilient People, Resilient Planet...

The Great Iranian threat, the great Iranian hope

Friday, 20 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Assuming the so-called Islamic Republic of Iran is truly attempting to build a nuclear weapon (which I suspect is about as likely as is building a giant sculpture of a pig in the middle of Azadi square), who ought to be most afraid?...

The Arab Revolution A year later – now what?

Thursday, 19 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

More than a year ago, in March 2011 to be exact, the UN Security Council demanded an immediate ceasefire in Libya, including an end to the prevailing attacks against civilians...

Civil Liberties Jeff Wants journalists jailed

Thursday, 19 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When I criticised our president for planning ‘missionary work’ in Peru – put that in context and imagine somebody else’s head of state coming to Malta for missionary work, with all its patronising implications and diplomatic stresses...

Dark Continent

Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Rabbi Shneur Kesselman estimates that he has been the victim of 100 or so anti-Semitic confrontations since he arrived in the southern Swedish city of Malmö in 2004...

Health Ruling looms small in Obama race

Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Supreme Court’s much-anticipated ruling on healthcare, expected in late June, may have one surprising outcome: A modest impact on President Barack Obama’s re-election bid...

The Internationalisation of Tahrir Square

Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the last week of July, the United Nations held its High Level Meeting on Youth as part of the closing of the International Year of Youth 2011 in the General Assembly...

The Hollowness of cheap talk and empty promises

Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When an administration overplays its hand by trying to cash in on the fear factor about the past, it does not take a rocket scientist to realise that it has been compelled to do so to avoid as best as it can...

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