Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 4, 2008	Waiting for an election result
By ANDREW FINKEL: It is a brave or possibly simply vain commentator that is prepared to add even one more word to the zillions already published on today's American presidential election. And it is the better part of valor that stops a morning paper published in İstanbul from...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008	The battle of hope and experience
From The Economist print edition: Will America choose the old hero who favours tax cuts for business and the rich and backed George Bush’s wars? Or the young man who promises health care for all, a swift exit from Iraq and more money for the average worker? As America’s financial system...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 19, 2008	The Elephant and The Ant
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 31, 2008	The Need To Have Bahamians Informed About The Economic Partnership Agreement [EPA] Between Caribbean and European Countries
Laing rejects EPA criticism: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: The minister of state in the Ministry of Finance has shot down claims that the economic partnership agreement (EPA) will shrink the local job market if The Bahamas becomes a signatory. The EPA...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	The Chinese victory (Part II)
Reflections of Fidel: WHEN World War I broke out in 1914, China joined the allies. As recompense, China was promised that the German concessions in the province of Shandong would be returned to them at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Versailles, which President Woodrow Wilson...... [view]