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Book Review: Essentials for the Canadian Medical Licensing Exam – Review and Prep For the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam (MCCQE) Part I

Editors: Jeeshan H. Chowdhury and Shaheed Meerani Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This review and test preparation book for taking the exam to obtain the medical license and qualify for practice in Canada contains more than 700 pages of critical information on the following: An introduction and overview of what the MCCQE Part I is covered for you in the first chapter, how to use it to your maximum benefit, what are its general objectives (e.g. history-taking and physical exam skills) and the other competencies you as the doctor-to-be have to...

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Etihad Airways Buys 3 Heathrow Airport Landing Slots From Jet Airways for $70 Million

By Economic Times Mumbai, Feb 27 – In what is seen as a step towards closing its proposed investment plans in  Jet Airways, Etihad Airways on Wednesday said it has paid $70 million to buy three slots of the Naresh Goyal-promoted airline at Heathrow airport in London. “Etihad Airways can confirm that it has concluded a transaction with Jet to purchase Jet’s three pairs of Heathrow slots for $70 million. The purchase is part of a sale and lease back agreement signed yesterday,” Etihad said in a statement. The statement further said Jet will continue to operate flights to...

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Hagel, Obama’s Nominee for Defense Secretary, Says India Finances Anti-Pakistan Terrorist Activities

By: Adam Kredo – Washington Free Beacon Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel suggested in a previously unreleased 2011 speech that India has “for many years” sponsored terrorist activities against Pakistan in Afghanistan. “India has over the years financed problems for Pakistan” in Afghanistan, Hagel said during a 2011 address regarding Afghanistan at Oklahoma’s Cameron University, according to video of the speech obtained by the Free Beacon. The controversial comments mark a departure from established United States policy in the region and could increase tensions between the Obama administration and India should the Senate confirm Hagel on Tuesday, according to...

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Busted! 3 Myths Stock Brokers Use to Make Money from You

By Larry Edelson No, I haven’t been arrested! I’m simply referring to all the market myths that are about to be busted, by the markets themselves, and how so many analysts and investors are going to get caught with their pants down! After all, there are so many market myths out there, that it’s not surprising the majority of investors lose money. They’ve been taught a whole bunch of garbage by talking heads in the media … by ignorant analysts who have never done their homework … And by brokers who only want to move your money around, regardless...

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Book Review: The Chinese Question in Central Asia : Domestic Order, Social Change, and the Chinese Factor

Authors:  Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse Publisher: Columbia University Press Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar This book is on a subject that has been almost neglected by scholars and even casual observers of international affairs: the growing relationships in the last two decades between China and five Central Asian states that were formerly part of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It is particularly about China’s acquisition of commodities, trade and other economic needs but it also touches upon politics. The authors – Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Payrouse – have spent five years in Central Asia,...

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