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The muse of hatred Back in mid-April, the US Department of Homeland Security under new Obama appointee Janet Napolitano released a sobering report on the recent rise of right-wing extremism in the US.

Sri Prakash Gossai, MS, April 25, 1953 – June 15, 2009 Sri Prakash Gossai, MS, Special Assistant to the President, Chairman of the National Council on Suicide Prevention and popular Hindu community leader, died on June 15, aged 56.

Ailments of the nose General considerations Now that we have concluded the discussions on maladies of the ears, it is only fitting that we deal with ailments of the nose and nostrils.

The pendulum is swinging back with potting composts If you have a garden which is rather on the small side, as mine most certainly was when my wife and I first bought our home in New Providence, then you may have learned a long time ago to tailor the stature of your plants to fit comfortably into it, especially your trees.

The Caribbean diaspora in the UK flexes its muscles For years now there has been talk about the manner in which the Caribbean might mobilise its sizeable silent army, the diaspora.

The Guyana Chess Federation will feature the Sasha Cells chess tournament beginning next Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

Gelfand v Nisipeanu The Chess Society of Bucharest is staging a double round–robin tournament from June 14-25 in Bazna, featuring six of the finest chess players who are currently active on the international circuit.

– Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

-Guyana as a Colony? Definitely one of my shorter offerings today.

Forty-five years ago: Were these proposals for power sharing or what?

Importance of Having Valid Travel Documents Installment Eighty-Five Q: What documents are required for Guyanese nationals to travel to the U.S.?

– Václav Havel is former president of the Czech Republic. by Vaclav Havel PRAGUE – One of the fundamental pillars of Europe’s political architecture is a strong and enduring belief in the universal validity of equal, universal, and inalienable human rights.

Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week we asked persons what their favourite programmes on television are and how many hours of television they watched per day?

The Struggle for the Amazon: A Struggle for Us All This week’s column has tremendous relevance for us in Guyana, for it is about the Amazonian rainforests increasingly being seen as a resource to be exploited, and about the potentially devastating implications for Amerindian communities, the Amazon’s original caretakers, and for us all if the forests are threatened.

By Dave Martin In the course of clearing some of my personal items from Customs recently, and inevitably with some time to wait (as the Trinis say, “you know how that go padna”), I ended up in an interesting conversation with a soft-spoken but very intense young man from Amerijet who was despairing about our music industry and the lack of opportunity and progression for local performers, particularly in comparison to the vibrant music scene in Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados. 

Guyana and the Wider World by Clive Thomas E-mail address cythomas@guyana.net.gy

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