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- US condemns arrests of Syrian activists
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Friday denounced Syria's arrest of a Syrian Kurdish activist and other "prisoners of conscience" and called for their immediate release. "We are concerned over the fate of Syrian Kurdish activist Mashaal Tammo, whose disturbing arrest is the most recent of a string...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Letters: Jill's assault on religion
- RE JILL PORTER'S July 25 column:Jill really searched high and low to find something that SHE doesn't like, and wants to impose on everyone else.You pick on Eileen Evans for being a faithful Christian and being proud of it. So proud and thankful that she's not ashamed to even put...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- A values voter's trap
- Woody Allen confesses that he once failed a philosophy exam when he was caught looking into the soul of the student next to him. Like metaphysics, morality is not the kind of thing that can be lifted from someone else. And to the extent that one tries, one usually loses...
- Research articles 2008-04-28
- Anniversary of Cubas Black Spring.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2008-US Department of State: Anniversary of Cubas Black SpringC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18032008 Press Statement Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC -- Five years ago today, the Cuban government began a week-long roundup of human rights advocates, independent...
- Research articles 2008-03-19
- Australian Greens senator vows to push for right-to-die law
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said Wednesday he would lead a bid to reinstate overturned right-to-die legislation because it was a "civilising" law. Senator Brown wants to revive the 1996 world-first Northern Territory law, which allowed medically-assisted voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill. The national...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- The wages of advocacy.(Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality)(Book review)
- LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE: IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S TRADITION OF RELIGIOUS EQUALITY by MARTHA NUSSBAUM Basic Books, 320 pages, $27.50 MARTHA NUSSBAUM'S Liberty of Conscience is a blend mixed from approximately equal portions of John Rawls, Sandra Day O'Connor, and the pack of recent writers...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Sean Penn to head Cannes filmfest jury in 2008
- PARIS AFP — Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning US actor-turned director once known as Hollywood's "enfant terrible", is to head the jury of the 2008 Cannes filmfest, organisers said in a statement Thursday. A blunt talker with a sharp political conscience and a career that has gone from strength to...
- Research articles 2008-01-02
- Greek president scolds citizens to do more on environment
- ATHENS AFP — Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Saturday criticized his fellow citizens for turning a blind eye to the environment and demanded a new "social conscience" to tackle pollution. His comments came in the wake of lethal forest fires this summer in Greece, which killed 67 and burnt...
- Research articles 2007-10-27
- Court rules Topeka police not liable for crash
- By Robert Boczkiewicz SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL DENVER - A Topeka woman lost her legal battle Tuesday in which she alleged a Topeka police officer and the city were responsible for her being critically injured in a car crash and losing her unborn baby. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- Urgent action needed to meet poverty reduction goals: British PM
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday called for a new humanitarian alliance to help meet key world poverty reduction targets, evoking a "coalition for justice" in the spirit of the US Peace Corps. In an address to the United Nations in New York, Brown said...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- Economic hit men EHMs are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Daniel Maguire
- So the U.S. bishops felt challenged by the position of Marquette University theologian Daniel Maguire on birth control and other topics (NCR, April 6). They were so piqued, in fact, as to state, "The bishops are the successors of the apostles, who are given the authority to proclaim the teaching...
- Research articles 2007-04-27
- Contraception bill 'acceptable'
- DENVER -- Although it is not ideal, a bill that would require information about emergency contraception to be made available to rape victims in Colorado is something that "Catholics can accept and work with in good conscience," according to the state's Catholic bishops. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver...
- Research articles 2007-03-02
- Portuguese Catholic leaders rally faithful against abortion vote
- LISBON AFP — "Abominable crime", "variation of capital punishment", "attack on civilisation", "deliberate murder": these are the cries of the Portuguese Church as it calls its faithful to stand up against abortion. Predominantly Roman Catholic Portugal has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, but voters on February...
- Research articles 2007-01-23
- Stem cell research gets green light.
- Byline: Katharine Murphy Nov 07, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A private member's bill allowing therapeutic cloning was passed by the Australian Senate on 7 November 2006 on a conscience vote. The Bill succeeded by two votes and will now...
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- Duelling senators dissects stem cell logic.
- Byline: John Breusch Oct 30, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Senate will soon discuss a private member's bill. It is proposing to remove the ban on therapeutic cloning of human embryos to facilitate medical research. MPs...
- Research articles 2006-10-30
- Stem-cell division sure to continue.
- Byline: John Breusch Oct 29, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian law forbids the therapeutic cloning of human embryos for research purposes. One Australian MP, Kay Patterson, has sponsored a Bill to allow therapeutic cloning, and it will...
- Research articles 2006-10-29
- Czechs pay tribute to murdered Russian journalist
- PRAGUE AFP — Several dozen journalists and a representative of the Czech foreign ministry gathered in Prague on Monday to pay tribute to the murdered Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya. "She became a symbol and slowly becomes the conscience of society and of Russia," said the Czech deputy foreign minister, Jaroslav...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- Conventional 'Shark' up against vague 'Six Degrees'.(Suburban Living)(TV/Radio)
- Byline: Ted Cox It's a clear-cut choice between old school and new wave, star power vs. auteur theory, when "Shark" debuts up against "Six Degrees" at 9 p.m. today. CBS' "Shark" features James Woods as an amoral attorney who suddenly develops...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- Materazzi's clear conscience
- ROME AFP — Marco Materazzi, suspended for provoking Zinedine Zidane's headbutt in the World Cup final, has said he is a little bitter but has a clear conscience in his first comments's since FIFA's ban. Italian media and football officials reacted to the two-match ban with indigation saying that...
- Research articles 2006-07-23
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