For years I debated with myself why the expensive suites I purchased from fashion stores fail to look as good on me in comparison to others wearing the same design and material. I blamed my shape, I blamed the fashion stores, and I even apportioned blame to the designers. Lately, I have come to realise […]
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1. Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. 2. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s […]
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Equatorial Guinea is a small country off West Africa which has recently struck oil and which is now being cited as a textbook case of the resource curse – or the paradox of plenty. BBC 19 July 2011 Police swooped on his £15 million mansion on the prestigious Avenue Foch, close to the Arc de […]
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This is your victory. This is the fruit of your work in the last 13 days … This movement has made it seem possible that we can build a corruption-free India. Anna Hazare, 28 August 2011 INDIA India is the world’s largest democracy and second most populous country. It emerged a major economic power in […]
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He should be tried for treason, for he took an oath, both as a military officer and a president, to protect the people of this country and its assets, and everything he should have worked for he has worked against” Ahmed Naguib Pro Democracy Activist President Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years, reviled — […]
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