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Sri Lanka: Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting
The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is being held in the capital city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, from the 15th – 17th of November 2013. The last CHOGM was held in 2011 in Perth, Australia and the first ever ...
World Press Freedom Day: Why journalists fear for their safety
Too many journalists are paying with their lives for keeping society informed. Each week, on average, a journalist dies while doing his or her job. Yet, over the past 10 years, only 1 in 10 cases of crimes against journalists, ...
Still Unsustainable; Nairobi
Changing weather patterns! Ozone layer depletion! Melting ice caps! This has been the alarming news across the globe last few years. When climate change became a public concern a few years back, the media presented Kenya with t...
Wherefore art thou, Tonio?
Can a homophobe be a suitable choice for EU Commissioner? This week saw Tonio Borg, Maltese Commissioner-designate for Health & Consumers, receive a particularly vicious grilling from a joint European parliamentary committe...
The role of the media in Jessica Lal’s murder case
With the advent of media in every sphere of human life, even the last bastion of protection from prying eyes – the judiciary – seems to have fallen. Trial by media made famous, or infamous, by the O.J. Simpson murde...
Human Rights for All – Even Thatcher and Bin Laden
Since news broke about the death of Britain’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, celebrations have en widespread on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and in real life. Similar scenes were played out in 2011 when Osama Bin Laden ...
