Death & Funeral Notice: Montreal
20 Jan. Montreal. GLORIA FERNANDES (nee Castelino, ex-Mombasa) Wife of
Peter. Mother of Priscilla and Melissa. Sister of Sheena (UK) and Tony
(UK). Daughter of late and Ermeline (Mombasa). Funeral on Tue. 24 Jan. in
Montreal.
Mass at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Mombasa at 5.30 p.m. on Tue. 24 Jan. [Info
from Jennifer de Souza in Mombasa]
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All Indian Christian Council Meets With Government to Prevent Attacks
21 Jan: Christian Today (London). The All Indian Christian Council has met
with the Indian Home Minister to address the ongoing persecution of
Christians in the country.
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/missions/csws.all.indian.christian.council.meets.with.government.to.prevent.attacks./592.htm
Bahrain: Maids' shelter hit by cash shortage
21 Jan. Gulf Daily News (Bahrain). A crippling cash shortage is hampering a
volunteer group which provides refuge, food, clothing, counselling and
medical treatment for abused domestic workers. Photo and text at
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=133176&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28307
Texans travel to India for low cost operations
20 Jan: WFAA-TV. Nancy Koehler's Indian hip operation cost $9,000 in Bombay
where many Americans are going for expensive high-quality surgery. In
today's dollars her American hip could cost as much as $40,000.
http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/012006kvueoperations-cb.20d11ab2.html
Foreign law firms can give India competition
22 Jan: Asian Age. India needs to open its doors to international law firms,
says London-based arbitration lawyer Sarosh Zaiwalla. He has fought cases
for Amitabh Bachchan and Benazir Bhutto among others and is optimistic of
that happening ... Mr Zaiwalla's partnership venture, India Law
International Partnership, is one of the first Indian global law firms in
London. It has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Goa as well.
http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=5&cat2=138&newsid=204233&RF=DefaultMain
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