Letters for Friday, November 20, 2009 Nov 21, 2009
Trennoche wrote on Nov 20, 2009 10:43 AM:" Aloha Ms. Weir. RE: "Are you kidding". I think you forgot to mention that while we may be forced to endure duress if forced into the U.S. Health Care System via its 3rd party payors, the insurance companies, already accused of gouging the public by President Obama. Perhaps mentioning the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest World Health Care Systems ranking in the year 2000 ranked the U.S. #37th. At least we are above Slovenia.... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
C00002CD2ity Guide Nov 15, 2009
Other suburbs have taken on identities from around the world - Leichhardt is Sydney's little Italy, Petersham channels Portugal onto the plate and Marrickville has lots of great Asian restaurants. Balmain. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Jail for French banker sex killer Jun 19, 2009
Has decriminalising all drugs worked in Portugal. . (BBC News -- Europe)
Facts & faces Mar 6, 2009
Soccer: Tina DiMartino scored her first international goal Wednesday to help the defending champion United States beat Denmark 2-0 in the Algarve Cup in Lagos, Portugal. The 22-year-old forward, making only her second international appearance, poked in the ball from short range in the 35th minute after Natasha Kai's header rebounded off the post. (Albany Times Union)
* Russian passport offensive has former Soviet states worried Feb 27, 2009
Residents of Narva, a predominantly ethnic Russian city in northeastern Estonia, said that if they hold a Russian passport and an Estonian noncitizens passport, they can travel from Lisbon, Portugal, to Vladivostok without a visa. I finally made up my mind X Im going to get Russian citizenship, said Vitaly Shkola, 47, an Estonian noncitizen. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
