East-West alignment :
Russia, China stand firm while India keeps wavering
The new leadership in China is making clear the
priorities of China in the emerging global scenario. It seems that
the Chinese have given a clear signal that their relations with
Russia are most important for them. China no longer accepts
America’s status as the only superpower of the world. China
considers itself as the leading country of Asia.
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COMMONWEALTH, international law, and CHOGM
The publicity given recently, both in the print
and electronic media, to protests against the holding of the
Commonwealth Heads Of Governments Meeting in Sri Lanka in September
2013, presided over by the Queen of England, has certainly focused
the light on the Commonwealth of Nations, the multi-racial
Association that undoubtedly has grown in strength and numbers
through the years in like manner as the United Nations and has
earned recognition as a ‘mini united nations’.
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The Human Dimension
LOSING AN ELDERLY PARENT IS NEVER EASY…
Your parents maybe old and nearing the end of
their long lives but as I discovered when my father passed away, it
is never easy losing a parent. They may be sick and unable to move,
yet you can treasure every moment you spend with them. It is never
easy, having to take care of ageing parents, right in the middle of
hundred and one other things but always remember you will cherish
the memory when they are gone.
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