Mark Anthony Sammut

This morning marked my return to long-distance running. I had not run anything further than 10k since my injury two months ago. So I went for the Dingli 10 Miles with no aim, just finish the race, have fun, and hope that my knee won't hurt again. And yes, I guess sometimes it feels great to just run a race with no target in mind, and just listen to the rhythmical sound of feet pounding the terrain around you, enjoy the beautiful landscapes surrounding Dingli and Rabat, and just appreciating the fact that you can run. It was in this context, that today I could appreciate much more the silent connection that bounds runners. Just around the third mile, a group of four runners passed by me, and I decided to stick with them. I ran with them for the next 6 miles following their pace, and not pushing any further. And throughout these 5 miles, no one spoke a word. It was just our marching feet, our panting breaths, and the songs of the birds. In the last mile, each one took off individ

The UN has finally adopted a resolution which "Authorizes member states ... to take all necessary measures ... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory..." At last! Took long, but really hope that it is not too late and international forces can force the dictator to back down. It was France and Britain throughout. Cameron and Sarkozy were the only real leaders who could see the writing on the wall. Shame on Germany. How could what once was the greatest European nation back out from a resolution to save civilian lives? How could Germany become the scum of the EU, choosing economic welfare before fundamental human rights? Is it because Saif this week promised that they'll be the only European nation allowed to invest in the Libyan oil industry once they regain power? Bombardments on Ghaddafi's holdp