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I agree with the New South Wales bishops that persons with respect for human life should vote against stem cell legislation. However, I will continue to respect the conscience of those politicians who say that they have to legislate for all citizens including those who do not share their religious and philosophical presuppositions.
The ALP has historically been committed to government intervention in the free market to promote a fairer distribution of income. However, since Hawke and Keating, the ALP moved towards a free market agenda focusing on the alleviation of poverty rather than structural change.
The full text of "The selling of Islamic martyrdom and why some buy it", by Abraham Rushdi.
There is a strong argument that the Qur'an does not sanction the use of martyrdom operations. But it must be asked why radical interpretations of the Qur'an resonate with some Muslim communities.
The North Korean regime is more likely to be loosened from its present grip on power by the slow but persistent attempts to change the economic and psychological landscape inside North Korea, than by the external application of brute force.
Joshua Puls meets the BBC’s John Simpson, broadcaster and war correspondent.
The history, the current circumstances
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
Reviews of Justice, Jesus, and the Jews; The Land is a Map: Placenames of Indigenous Origin in Australia; Don’t Tell the Prime Minister; Unfinished Business: America and Cuba after the Cold War 1989–2001, and The Double Helix.
It’s a cliché, and that in itself should make you suspicious. In George Orwell’s centenary year, doubly so.
The Sant’Egidio community challenges ideologues on all sides of politics
Notions of good and evil have become a tradeable commodity in the rhetoric that has enveloped the conflict in Iraq.
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