THE FACTS ARE ... 95-year-old man seeks relationship with a much younger woman. He's got a sumptuous, large apartment in Manhattan and a million-dollar home on Fire Island. He's charming, energetic, intelligent and witty. You must be under 35 AND very pretty (being crazy would help).

Over the past few weeks, Israel has created an inter-ministerial task force to formulate its stance on the Wider Europe scheme. Adopting this scheme would mean a new model of relations with the EU, similar to the one the European bloc currently has with Switzerland and Norway.

Despite his achievements, Diawara carries the immigrant's perpetual alienation—he finds privacy in crowded cafés, and observes colleagues (black and white) leaving him out of discussions about Israel or Iraq, "as if because I am African I do not know about these things." The fragility of success haunts him. "I wonder if I have become the cosmopolitan individual of my dreams, or if I am still trapped in a racial or ethnic group," he writes.

In 1866, a fist fight broke out in the Legislature between White and Hawaiian members. Such an incident was probably long overdue for it was a most peculiar legislature wherein white legislators refused to speak Hawaiian, the kingdom's official language, and native Hawaiian members refused to use English.

The shift in disputing patterns and the creation of a westernized legal system were also integral parts of a larger process of growing foreign control over Hawaii. In turning to the Kingdom's courts, [Henry] Skinner [a British merchant who was the first to sue for breach of contract in a Hawaiian court - ed.] was the first in a long line of foreigners to demand the application of international (largely American) commercial law. As a result, during the 1840s a western-style legal system was adopted and largely staffed by whites; the rest of the government followed suit rapidly thereafter. Foreign domination of the Hawaiian government long preceded actual annexation by the United States in 1898.

The shift to Kingdom courts in the year or so following the new laws on debt was extensive. In the three months remaining in 1841, four suits were brought in Kingdom courts on commercial matters. In 1842, another eight suits were brought. While in absolute terms, twelve suits may appear trivial, that number must be compared to a previous maximum of five recorded arbitrations in a single year and a history of only two such cases employing the Kingdom courts in the history of Honolulu before that point. Not only were lawsuits now more popular than arbitration, they were also more frequently used than arbitration had ever been.

The English version of the stamp act does require all mortgages to be stamped, but it is said the Hawaiian does not, and that the latter should, prevail. The parties in this suit all acknowledge the English to be their mother tongue, and it is contended that in equity they should be held subject to the laws as they read in English. This is not without weight; but where there is a radical and irreconcilable difference between the English and Hawaiian, the latter must govern, because it is the language of the legislators of the country. This doctrine was first laid down by the Superior Court in 1848, and has been steadily adhered to ever since.

The common law of England, as ascertained by English and American decisions, is declared to be the common law of the Kingdom of Hawai'i in all cases, except as otherwise... fixed by Hawaiian judicial precedent, or established by Hawaiian usage

According to the State of Ghanaian Economy Report 2002 a total of 3,157 health professionals left the country between 1993-2002, representing over 31 percent of health personnel trained in Ghana during the same period.

The report said out of 871 medical officers trained between 1993-2002, 604 (96.3 percent) left the country, leaving 267 for entire nation. The situation has put health delivery beyond the reach of the common man, besides widening the doctor-patient ratio to approximately 1-67,416

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Currently the University of Ghana Medical School, the School of Medical Sciences of KNUST and the UDS Medical School train approximately 150 medical officers annually. Sadly, a chunk of them leave even before congregation. Prof. Aryeetey disclosed that within the second year of leaving medical school, 50 percent of every graduating class leave the country in search of greener pastures, while 80 percent leave by the fifth year.

Sensitised by the situation the government set up a $5 million revolving fund for vehicles for health workers, out of which 73 saloon cars were bought for distribution to personnel posted to rural areas.

Besides, special additional duty allowances were extended to all health workers, instead of the old practice where only medical officers enjoyed the facility. While many Ghanaians hailed the government policy, it came to light during discussion on the report that IMF was not amused about that decision and asked the government to reverse it.

Government stood its ground and incurred the wrath of the IMF. The result was IMF's decision to withhold $75 million budgetary support during the last quarter of last year.

While praying in the chapel, she noticed a male Muslim soldier teaching a young female soldier who recently had converted to Islam.

"When it came time for the prayer, he didn't know how to do the ablution," the cleansing of hands, face and mouth, Hosein said. "I realized then that there was a need in the military. I got choked up. I felt God had given me the answer that this was what I needed to do."

There was a Baptist service in the main part of the chapel. As she moved to the back, she met an Air Force officer preparing for the Jewish Seder, the Passover feast. He asked her to join them.

The experience with the young Muslim soldiers and with the Jewish officer "was a sign to me about my future goals and career," she said. "People don't know that much about Islam. As a chaplain, I could share that, because in the military there's a tolerance."

She said she was moved by the different religions under the same roof that day.

"It's long overdue," said retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Qaseem Uqdah, executive director of the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council. "The reality of Islam in America is that women are within our armed forces. We have to deal with women. I owe a responsibility to Muslim women as well as men, and I haven't been able to fulfill their needs."