<p>The United Nations …whose primary mandate is international peace and security, enjoyed some of its lighter moments when the “glass house by the east river” was occasionally rattled – with loud laughter. Did Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bang his shoe on his desk to attract the General Assembly president’s attention during the October 1960 session? And, as rumor would have it, was the bottom of his shoe full of visible holes? Mobutu Sese Seko, president of then Zaire, was singled out as one of “the world’s most corrupt leaders”. Asked at a press conference whether he was the second wealthiest political leader, a seemingly outraged Mobutu shouted back: “It’s a lie. It’s a lie,” and then added with a straight face, “I am only the fourth richest.” Recorded in this book’s pages is a motley collection of political anecdotes picked mostly from the corridors, committee rooms and the UN’s watering hole, the delegate’s lounge, by veteran journalist Thalif Deen, who has devoted most of his professional life ‘Reporting from the United Nations’.</p>

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<p>The legend goes in Fiji, that a princess escaping a marriage arranged by her Father, sought refuge underneath a tree, beside a remote mountain lake. In her sadness, she cries in her sleep. Her tears become the beautiful red flowers of the Tagimoucia plant, the national floral emblem of Fiji, used by the villagers for medicinal purposes. Adrian Nicholls is fiercely ambitious, a rising star in the global pharmaceutical industry who will do anything to succeed.Jacob Bryant is a talented Australian pharmaceutical scientist who is a champion for pharmaceutical products’ ethical development. They are both in pursuit of developing a pain-relieving pharmaceutical product from Tagimoucia’s beautiful red flowers. Yet, the Conti brothers, operating in the underworld of Sydney, see this as an opportunity to expand their growing drug empire. Will a growing relationship with gorgeous Fijian scientist Dr Mere Koroi, distract Jacob from achieving his aims? How will the dangerous Conti brother’s interest impact the development and legitimate use of medicine under development and put their lives in danger? How will their paths cross in the picturesque, south Pacific islands of Fiji in their race for success?</p>

Cry In Your Sleep

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hewett, Mr Bruce

Mystery

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