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The Hot air brigade

Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Regardless of how much we might have increased or decreased our carbon footprint, it is becoming increasingly evident that under the Gonzi regime hot air is definitely not in short supply...

Mubarak Moral to Arab rulers: Fight hard

Monday, 8 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Facing tenacious uprisings, the leaders of Syria, Libya and Yemen must have thought of their own possible fates when they saw their one-time peer Hosni Mubarak in a defendant’s cage, on trial for charges that could carry a death sentence...

Famine And hope in the horn of Africa

Monday, 8 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Yet again, famine stalks the Horn of Africa. More than ten million people are fighting for survival, mainly pastoralist communities in the hyper-arid regions of Somalia, Ethiopia, and northern Kenya...

Preparing The future leaders

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Recent well-publicised events, but also contacts with various sections and understanding what is going on at ground level have all led me ...

Onus Goes further than the accused

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

What is truly shocking, about the cases of sexual child abuse by priests, is that people either chose to ignore what was going on, or, giving them the benefit of the doubt, were too naive to believe in such wickedness. Although...

Sex On the brain

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

All this talk of paedophile priests (and please, no fancy words, they are paedophiles) and their repressed sexuality has got me thinking about why this country seems to constantly have sex on the brain. ...

Euro – How to escape the domino effect

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Recently, financial news has been inundated with stories of falling stock exchange levels amid calls from debt-stricken eurozone countries asking for bailouts. European shares...

Safeguarding The sustainability of sport

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Considering the substantial investments made in modern sports facilities, sustainability should be the priority target of every sporting entity in Malta and Gozo....

Beyond The Libyan crisis

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This article has nothing to do with the goings on in Libya. As well as whether or how the whole saga can, might or will be resolved....

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