Month: May 2012

Belief-O-Matic and Me

Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]

Got war if you want it

Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar Pentagon head Leon Panetta told ABC News that the US is “ready” to attack Iran. It depends on US President Barack Obama giving it a go. Will he or won’t he? Nobel Prize winner and Drone Godfather Obama has been busy “justifying the ‘just war’ […]

Merkel Prepares to Strike Back Against Hollande

Credit: Spiegel-Germany.   France’s new president, François Hollande, has put the German chancellor on the defensive with his growth agenda. Now Angela Merkel is planning to strike back. She is calling for structural reforms to save the euro with a six-point plan aimed at harmonizing austerity and growth in Europe once […]

Fiji- Early Christian missionaries

How early Christian missionaries carved a lifestyle for the stone-age Fijians by translating Bible into Fijian language is indeed amazing. They taught them language, fed and clothed them and taught them a new  way of life. Soon there was a newly emerging educated Fijians. It took them some years but  […]

Fiji – contributions of early Christian missionaries

The journey of translating the Fijian New Testament May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Opinion | Posted by: newsroom By Dr Andrew Thornley, Visiting Lecturer Davuilevu Methodist Theological College One of the first priorities of the Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji were the translation of Scripture into the vernacular language. This was carried out by David […]

Fiji-Govt. rejects claim, Qantas quits FJ Board

Govt rejects claims, as Qantas quits FJ board May 30, 2012 | Filed under: Business | Posted by: newsroom By ELLEN STOLZ The Fijian Government last night said it is disappointed by Australian airline Qantas removing its directors from the Air Pacific board. The Government strongly rejected claims that Air Pacific could be nationalised. And […]

Fiji – Life term for murder

Life term for murderer May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom By JYOTI PRATIBHA The High Court in Labasa yesterday has sentenced Lepani Temo to life in prison for murder. Temo, who denied murdering his cousin and lover Susanna Niubalavu in Taveuni last November, was convicted of murder by Justice […]

Fiji-phone scam

Phone scam based here May 30, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom By FONUA TALEI The Fiji Police Force played an active role in the crackdown of a transnational telephone scam ring in six Asian countries and Fiji last week. A total of 482 suspects have been arrested in an operation […]