Diplomatic Immunity - some basic facts
THE origins of diplomacy date back to the period
of darkness preceding the dawn of history. It is claimed that
anthropoid apes living in caves practised a form of diplomacy in
reaching understandings with their neighbours on territorial
boundaries pertaining to their own hunting grounds.
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The Gulf region's intriguing political ironies
THE continuing priority attached to the Persian
Gulf in US foreign policy is being freshly underscored by Washington
by reportedly sending a second aircraft carrier and escort vessels
to the region for purpose of bolstering its military presence there.
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Death sentence; barbarians at the gate?
MANY learned researchers have drawn our
attention to the fallacy of the argument that pain of death acts as
a deterrent to murderers. It has been pointed out by them that the
death sentence does not necessarily discourage a person
contemplating murder. Most of the murder charges in our courts get
reduced to manslaughter on the absence of pre-meditation.
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