Bush: a hard sell in Europe
AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN Fundamentalist President George Bush is cast in the role of a gambler, as he pursues his missionto shore up his declining political stocks back home and tries to patch up his relationship with his European allies. (Boyne)
Oil price volatility and OPEC
THE MAY 29, 2004 'terrorists' attack on foreign oil workers at a housing complex in Al-Khobar in oil rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia left 22 dead and many wounded. (Mian)
Winds of change, or cool breeze
THE RECENTLY convened 'Men on a Mission' conference signalled 'a ray of hope' for feminists, womanists and all citizens who have been insisting that men must be partners in the project to dismantle the patriarchal structures...(Simms)
The dominant sex
THE OTHER day a girl named June told me an interesting story. She and her friend Carl were in Burger King when a schoolgirl caught his eye. He introduced himself, told her June was his sister, asked her name and got her number. (Chang)
The opportunities of Minott's study
RESEARCH IS said to be 'a systematic and unbiased investigation of a problem in order to discover facts or principles'. In this case, the researcher or the messenger sought to determine how schools compared with each other...(Lindsay)
Politics, crime and integrity
MINISTER PHILLIPS has followed the police commissioner in confirming that there are links between politicians, drugs and crime. The Minister is in charge of the country's peace and it is good that he has chosen to distance himself...(Buddan)
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