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Missing Person

Madam,

We wonder whether you could put a notice in your newspaper informing your readers about our missing son (photo enclosed).

Our son’s name is Thomas Mueffke. He is 19, 6’2” in height, wears glasses, and was dressed in blue jeans and a (green) T-shirt with the Irish shamrock. Thomas might be wearing a sports jacket and might have packed a small brown-green rucksack.

He left Germany for Dublin on 11th September 2009 and there is some doubt surrounding his exact whereabouts.

If our son might be located by your readers, we would be grateful if they could let us know by emailing imueffke@web.de. There is only a small chance, but we are trying anything to find our son.

Yours, etc,

Gunter and Iris Mueffke
Cunnersdorf, Germany

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World Banking System

Madam,

In light of the recent credit crunch, it is my firmly-held belief that the governments of the world should revoke the licences of commercial banks, and in effect raze them to the ground.

This theory is underpinned by the fact that the commercial banks have destroyed the lives and livelihoods of so many people, in addition to the economies of so many countries. Each country should simply have a national bank, run purely for national interest, given that the provision of money should merely be a means of exchange for goods and services that add real value to any economy.

In effect, simply having a national bank would mean acting in the public interest and not for profit, resulting in a more efficient market economy, in addition to a more fair and just society.

Yours, etc,

Ryan Kelly
Armagh City