Gender not an issue of competence
Motherhood is a double-edged political
instrument. Motherhood and ambition are still an awkward combination
on both sides of the Atlantic, as is clearly evident in the
reception of both Ms. Clinton and Ms. Royal in recent months.
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Pulse of a Nation: President Mahinda Rajapaksa on National and
International Affairs
Editors Sugeeswara Senadhira and Harindranath
Chandrasiri have succeeded in bringing out the Pulse of Sri Lanka
through the speeches of President Rajapaksa delivered during his
colourful political career running in to more than a quarter
century.
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Why kill for food?
Vegetarianism, so far as historical written
records prevail, goes back into the obscurity of time, and some of
the world's most brilliant intellectual giants and reformers have
advocated a fleshless diet as a matter of principle.
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Trawling, industry threaten India turtle nesting
Not since 1995 has that happened. These days
just a handful of turtles come to the beach at Devi to nest, and its
status as one of three main nesting sites for the Olive Ridleys in
India's coastal state of Orissa is under threat.
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