Editorial

Author Lesley Pocock

W elcome to the August 2007 edition of the Middle East Journal of Business. As usual we have a variety of articles from the region and around the world.

A comprehensive article on the theory of a Saudi Land Bridge (SLB) to create regional opportunities and competitiveness is our main feature and has been eloquently argued by
the authors.

A paper from Bangladesh looks at the rights or labourers, in Bangladesh, in both theory and practice, and concludes that existing labour rights need improvement.

A paper from Australia looks at the rights of animals and argues animalhusbandry should pay more attention to painful and distressing practices.
Guidelines are provided on how these can be improved.

A paper from Czechoslovakia provides an esoteric argument on cosmic energy versus aura and finally a paper entitled New Healthcare in the digital age, argues that the best gains are made when there are no symptoms. Instead of waiting for onset of symptoms, we attend to have a risk stratification when we are young and seemingly in the prime of our lives.