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US Still lacks border strategy

Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The federal government hasn’t come up with a comprehensive strategy to secure the United States-Mexico border, even as an all-out war between Mexico and its violent drug gangs has claimed 35,000...

Will Enough EU states back action on migrants?

Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

While I totally agree with those who denigrate the remark “The EU and us” as if we did not form part of the EU itself...

Why Do employees need fire training?

Monday, 11 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A newspaper headline reads, “14 people die in care home fire in Scotland”. One month later, another headline states, “a criminal case has been raised against business owner following the death of 14 people in a fire”...

United We win divided we lose

Monday, 11 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Nothing original in the title, but the fact is that it is very true. We have all to gain by being united and, likewise, all to lose by being divided. This is the case with the situation in the Mediterranean at the moment...

Trichet’s Legacy

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Awesome events are happening around us: acts of God as much as acts of man.This last year we have seen natural disasters we don’t normally...

A Moment In Time - Credibility crisis

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

While it is true, as the great master of word-mongering George Orwell once said, that political language – and with variations this is true of all political ...

J’accuse: Living Expenses

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It’s not just George Soros who thinks that the ECB might have chosen an inappropriate time for hiking its interest rates. For a very egoistic reason, I was pretty miffed too. ...

We Have simply no idea

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Maybe it is just the 200-odd kilometres that separate us, maybe it’s because the stretch of sea that separates us is rather easily crossed in a matter...

Divorce: We’re all talked out

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The debate about divorce, such as it is, seems increasingly distanced from the world – as opposed to the two small islands – in which we live. ...

Plucking The gambling goose

Sunday, 10 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Not many realise the exponential growth achieved in the online gaming industry over the past five years....

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