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US Buys time in Mideast, but also woes

Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The Obama administration has managed to buy time and may have staved off an embarrassing and politically awkward showdown over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations. It may also have maneuvered itself into a corner...

What Really lies behind Gonzi’s ‘election mode’?

Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If you ask me there must be at least eight different reasons why Prime Minister Gonzi has chosen to swing the whole country into an election mode towards the end of the Independence Day Festivities...

Mideast Heading into dangerous paralysis

Monday, 26 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

With combative speeches at the United Nations, the Palestinian and Israeli leaders have locked themselves into positions that seem to preclude a resumption of peace talks and usher in a season of confrontation over a Palestinian state...

The King of empty promises

Monday, 26 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Recently I was watching a DVD with my colleagues at work on how employees can work better together and how different sections can do their utmost to give the best support to each other...

J’accuse: Pride And prejudice revisited

Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Statue of Liberty turned 125 last Friday. Back in 1896, the French government donated the statue to the people of America and “Liberty” soon became an iconic symbol and gateway ...

Start Of the silly season

Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Minister Austin Gatt has kicked off the silly season leading to the next election. This being the penultimate PN organised Independence Day festivities before ...

Dissonance And anger on the Fosos

Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I watched, for some time, last Tuesday’s PN mass meeting on NET.The photos in the newspapers next day all showed the crowd ...

They’re Saving their pennies for the next referendum

Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Archbishop’s Curia has announced that it bears no legal responsibility for what happened to the boys placed in the care of a religious order, and therefore it will not ...

The Extended arm of bureaucracy

Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When local councils were about to be introduced, I really believed that they could make a difference to our way of life....

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