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Comparative Linguistics & Literature Part II
by Ed Farolan Click on this link for the full story: full story Montreal News: Debt Cancellation for Poor Countries, Aim of Jubilee 2000 by Tony P. Fernandez Montreal- The growing problem of poor countries with their national debts and the conditions imposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are exacerbating the plight of one billion people around the world who live in poverty, says the Montreal-based Social Justice Committee (SJC) which has has joined Jubilee 2000 initiative- an international movement in over 70 countries that is trying to cancel the debts of Third World countries to help poor countries out of poverty. full story Sheila Coronel, Top Filipino Journalist, Visits Toronto Sheila Coronel, a prize-winning journalist based in Manila, was in Toronto recently to speak about the new journalism. full story Quebec names its first black judge The Quebec government has scored a first. It has recently appointed the first black judge in the province’s history. full story Immigrant sponsors to launch suit against Quebec by Tony P. Fernandez Montreal- Sponsors of immigrants who face bankruptcy for debts they cannot realistically pay to the Quebec government for benefits accrued by relatives whom they sponsored to live in Quebec are set to launch a class action lawsuit against the government this month. full story Quebec Ethnic Writers celebrate diversity by Tony P. Fernandez Montreal -It’s not often that you see a gathering of ethnic writers in this city. That’s why we were delighted to hear that some 60 Quebec writers held a reading and discussion event called Bringing the World to Montreal at Chapters bookstore in downtown Montreal last April 14, 1999, at 7 p.m. full story INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Anwar jailed for six years Kuala Lumpur- Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was found guilty and sentenced to six years’ jail by the High Court here today on four counts of corrupt practice of interfering in police investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct against him. full story I have no hope of justice, says Anwar Kuala Lumpur- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was sentenced to six years in prison by the High Court here today, said that right from the beginning, he had no hope whatsoever that he would be tried fairly. full story
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Ethnic leaders hail PQ decision to hire minorities
by Tony P. Fernandez Premier Lucien Bouchard announced recently the Quebec government will start hiring minorities for its civil service to improve its pathetic minority-hiring record. full story
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