Credit unions supporting entrepreneurship
WE NOTE with interest that Churches Co-operative Credit Union, in preparation for its 35th anniversary celebrations in 2006, has just launched an Entrepreneurs' Award scheme targeting university students with above average academic performance.
Cuba and Venezuela
"IT WOULDN'T be outrageous," said Ana Faya of her suspicion that Cuba and Venezuela might unite one of these days. After all, the senior analyst at the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) in Ottawa pointed out... - Gwynne Dyer
Anti-crime effort being undermined
The story that you are about to read is true. All the nameshave been changed to protect everyone's identity. I don't want to berate the police force because I have deep respect and sympathy for our many hard-working... - Garth Rattray
The death penalty: An international snapshot
BRINGING BACK hanging in Jamaica will be against an international trend of abolition. Just last week, Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said he would personally refuse to sign any death warrant... - Ross Sheil
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