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Bush Faces challenges

Monday, 17 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The list of challenges United States President George W. Bush faces as he prepares to take the oath of office for the second time is endless....

The Price of flights

Monday, 17 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Do you want to fly abroad for Lm17? According to the advert you can – but can you? No, you cannot. ...

Series Of thefts at Mosta

Monday, 17 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A series of thefts are taking place in Mosta. Each morning people start asking: “who was targeted today?” ...

National Happiness

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is a pleasure to be told that the Maltese nation is among the happiest in the world. This is reassuring....

Malta Enterprise On wrong side of the fence

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

According to the latest budget speech, by the end of this month the government will have chosen who is to be formally responsible for the sector of industrial innovation. The selection will be made from three entities: Malta Enterprise, Malta Council for ...

Dear LIFE

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The tsunami experience has shown (if ever there was an event that needed to emphasise this) how we all cling, and cling in a ferocious way to dear LIFE. Remarks pitying those who were killed or died as a result of the tsunami and seaquake became a byword;...

Turning Good things into bad

Sunday, 16 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last week, we observed from a distance, and with a certain complacency, Italy switching to a no smoking regime....

Wish-list For 2005

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I wish that…… elections in Iraq and Palestine bring stability in these countries and open fresh prospects for a tangible and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict....

Government Measures hit everyone

Monday, 3 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese expression Mal-hazin jehel it-tajjeb sums up the mood on the streets these days, and the English version (the good get blamed with the bad) just does not carry the same sort of weight and depth....

Life Is a matter of luck

Sunday, 2 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The mammoth scale of the disaster in southeast Asia has cast something of a pall over the celebrations to mark the end of one year and the beginning of the next. That’s as it should be. ...

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