OBAMA’S MUSLIM WORLD
By Aseem R. Shukla, MD A nearly hourlong address in Cairo just two weeks ago transfixed a global audience that finally had a chance to hear a new American President speak his piece and listen for the words that could begin to assuage deep wounds of generational angst. The President peppered his speech with Koranic [...]
Death and development in Canada-India trade
By Dr. John Samuel Canada has plenty of asbestos the use of which for construction and other uses leads to a special type of terminal cancer – mesothelioma. Canada does not want to use it at home since the results are well known. Therefore, it is exported to whoever wants it. India wants it badly, [...]
Canada’s ‘handsome fool’
By Dr. John Samuel Canada has been ruled by the Conservative Party, close cousins of the Bush administration, for a few years now. It is high time that they should now vacate, and go back to the political wilderness. One is entitled to ask: why? In a democracy, it is good to have choices for [...]
Justice in Sri Lanka
Over two hundred thousand people in refugee camps are not treated according to the law of the land, says the Chief Justice (CJ) of Sri Lanka CJ Sarath Nanda Silva says that the war displaced are living under appalling conditions. The chief justice was speaking at the ceremonial opening of the new court complex in [...]