A victory for peacemakers
IN A season of dramatic events, one bit of news that has received little attention but signified a great deal emerged from Northern Ireland. John De Chastelain, the retired Canadian general whose task it was to supervise the Irish Republican Army's...
IDT and protection of non-unionised workers
CONCERNS FOR the protection of 'contract workers', like thousands of security guards not covered by trade unions, have led the Government to move for the long overdue modification of the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act... -Martin Henry
In search of the great white
FROM TIME to time it occurs to me that we live in a highly segregated society which, although not officially under a policy of 'separate but equal' as in apartheid, is certainly apart. - Melville Cooke
Disasters and development
THE LAST year has produced more frequent, and more intense storm activity in the Atlantic than we have seen in a long time. This has refocused the popular imagination on the impact disasters have on development. - John Rapley
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