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Chez nous on nous apprend dès l’enfance à ne jamais compter les poussins avant que tous les œufs ne soient éclos. Cela n’est sans doute pas le cas partout – les équipes de foot ont d’ailleurs aussi de petites nuances. Chez vous il faudrait semble-t-il apprendre à ne jamais vendre la peau de l’ours avant…
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Tismagħom jitlewmu dwar festi nazzjonali u tibda taħseb u tehwden int ukoll bla ma trid. Jgħidulek li qabel ma sirna indipendenti konna dejjem niddependu mill-barrani. Biex ksibna l-kostituzzjoni tas-64 konna xbajna telgħin u neżlin Londra nittalbu bis-sassla. U l-kolonjalist jitnejjek bina bejn bid-‘divide and rule’, bejn bil-‘language question’ bil-Malti lingwa tal-kċina u bejn bil-poteri tal-‘gvern’…
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The last few visits to Malta have included the use of the extremely convenient Sliema-Valletta ferry service. Even in the dastardly heat of August, the short trip across the harbour and (admittedly) arduous uphill walk to the Republic street is an overall pleasant affair. When Transport Malta calls for tenders for harbour ferry services though…
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The judgement in the case of the two paedophiles Godwin Scerri and Charles Pulis has justifiably leapt to the top of the most talked about news stories on the ether. There is no doubt that any normal human (anybody who does not have a Breivik streak anyway) will have passed through a mixture of emotions…
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BBC news is reporting that Malta may be objecting to an EU decision to extend sanctions on Libya. As fighting in rebel held territories worsens with heavier attacks by Gaddafi’s forces Malta seems to be shuffling its feet when it notices that the sanctions might hurt its own pocket: A European Union decision on whether…
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A little blip in the series. I just got an idea. Not a revolutionary one but one that may help. Ghaddafi’s government (we have to start distinguishing between Ghaddafi and the Libyans just as we did with the Nazis and the Germans at least so as to get to the simple minded among us) can…