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From Israel, Urgings of caution on Iran

Friday, 9 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces significant pressure at home to coordinate with the United States in any attack against Iran’s nuclear programme, despite his public insistence on Israel’s right to act alone...

Who Lost Greece?

Friday, 9 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The blame game in Europe has not yet begun. An agreement between Greece and its private creditors and public lenders will enable it to meet its next debt repayment deadline of 20 March...

Political Correctness and apartheid

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Last week, One News’s aired two recording involving the former Sliema mayor and a current candidate for the same council uttering their views in rather unwelcoming manner...

Joseph The Iron Lady and his Soldiers of Steel

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Joseph Muscat has made, at last, an impassioned speech about hatred, forgiveness and something strange which he called ‘political racism...

US, Israel Agree to disagree on Iran

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended two days of public posturing on Iran right where they began...

Healthy Living action plan

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The incidence of diabetes mellitus is on the rise in the Maltese Islands. Rates of diabetes have increased dramatically in recent years in parallel with obesity...

Japan’s Rubble economy

Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On 11 March, a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident...

Adjectives, Four-letter words and the way forward

Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In reply to a question by the anchorman of a NET TV regular programme, the Prime Minister dismissed my comments about the apologetic tone of his recent address to councillors as ‘my area of specialisation’ – that of tagging him with various adjectives...

Senator’s Departure widens partisan gulf

Monday, 5 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The surprising retirement of moderate Republican US Sen. Olympia Snowe moves congressional centrists a step closer to extinction and highlights the great paradox of American politics....

Gozo – Its separate and distinct tourism problems

Monday, 5 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Year after year it is pledged that Gozo needs to be sold to our source markets as a separate and distinct destination to Malta for it to be able to maximise its unique potential and to exploit to the fullest possible extent its distinct product...

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