US caught in a tornado of cyber snooping

The first meeting between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at California last week was “unique, positive and constructive”, as BBC stated, which was not different to most other media reports of the event.

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Of Britain, that CHOGM participant

THE British do not torture. At least, that is what we in Britain have always liked to think. But not anymore. In a historic decision last week, the British government agreed to compensate 5,228 Kenyans who were tortured and abused while detained during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s.

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Justice E F N Gratiaen - He was a great 'un

40th death anniversary:

Justice Edward Fredrick Noel Gratiaen (KC) who passed away in 1973 at the age of 68 was one of the best loved criminal lawyers, Attorney-General, Supreme Court Judge and a Law Reforms received his early eduction at S Thomas College, Mt Lavinia. Thereafter, he entered Exetes College, Oxford and graduated in 1925. On his return to Ceylon, he took to Journalism joining the Ceylon Independent but after the paper went out of publication, he joined the Law College and passed out as an Advocate. He soon gained prominence in both branches of the Law and was briefed in a number of important Law suits.

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