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`Overwhelming but not surprising’

Some of the names of the wars launched against Gaza include ‘Summer Rains’ 2006, ‘Hot Winter’ 2008, ‘Returning Echo’ March 2012, ‘Pillar of Defence’ October 2012, ‘Protective Edge’ 2014 and ‘Breaking Dawn’ in 2022.

Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi, a professional engineer, is a 51-year-old Iranian wife and mother of two, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence imposed in May 2016 for spreading propaganda against the state.

Trench crappo

There was insufficient newspaper reporting yesterday on the reasons for the dismissal of the charge against Mr.

G 20

The 18th Summit of the G 20, comprising 19 countries and the European Union, takes place this weekend in New Delhi, India.

BRICS

First coined as an acronym for some emerging economies in 2001, BRIC countries formally emerged in 2009 at a diplomatic meeting in Russia involving Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Chinese Landing

Illegal mining at Chinese Landing has been in the news. A report in SN on Thursday last, stated that the Village Council said that it never asked the government to stop all mining on its lands as some of its villagers earn their livelihoods by mining.

Whither APNU?

All agree that there is a democracy deficit when an Opposition is unable or unwilling to hold a government to account.

Blinken’s visit

The visit to Guyana of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is an indication of the growing importance of Guyana on the international stage.

Rethinking criminal justice

A week ago, Justice Jacob Wit, a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, participated in a Seminar at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on “Rethinking Criminal Justice.”

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