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Saturday 18 April 2009 (22 Rabi` al-Thani 1430)

‘It is time to fight back’

I bumped into my old friend Abdul Aziz Bin Othaimeen the other day and I thanked myself for the opportunity to discuss some consumer-related issues. Abdul Aziz is the chairman of Hemaya Universal,... Full Story


Editorial: The ghost at the banquet

Ever the maverick, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that because Cuba is excluded from the summit of the Americas currently taking place in the Trinidadian capital Port-of-Spain, he will veto... Full Story


Now a class war in Thailand

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was humiliated last week when red-shirted protesters overran the summit of Asian leaders that he was hosting and forced him to evacuate them by helicopter,... Full Story




Opening up Bush’s logic on torture

Transparency won. The Obama administration’s decision to release a group of legal memos discussing specific interrogation techniques used against suspected terrorists was made over the objections of... Full Story


How can you trust the cowardly BBC?

The BBC Trust’s report on Jeremy Bowen’s dispatches from the Middle East is pusillanimous, cowardly, outrageous, factually wrong and ethically dishonest. But I am mincing my words. The... Full Story


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