Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the lifting on residency and employment laws over 2 million Russians have moved across the border to the bright lights of China. This has resulted in the mass depopulation and deindustrialisation in Siberia with once vibrant towns experiencing shorta...
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Rwanda is heading for the polls and it is very likely that Paul Kagame will once again win with a massive majority. He probably deserves it too for rebuilding the country after the genocide and creating one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. There are however questions about the quality ...
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A report by the former speaker of the Scottish Parliament, George Reid, has recommended that the National Trust for Scotland consolidate on its core properties that are of 'historical significance'. Faced with dwindling visitor numbers and with sites frequently running at losses, Reid has called ...
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The Council of Circuit Judges has come to the 'firm conclusion that there is no compelling case to alter the status quo’ believes that the age limit on jurors should remain in place. However people over 70 vote, have built up experience and wisdom and also have the free time to be able to take pa...
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If a person with a disability takes an aptitude test for a job and fails, and the feedback clearly shows that the areas that put the person below the pass margin were specifically (in some cases, word for word on the reasonable adjustments agreement they signed) related to the person's disability...
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Russia, China and India have been countries that have dragged their feet on climate change. Russia was one of the last to sign Kyoto even though it gained a very generous allowance and has consistently argued that it should be able to use its trees to offset its emissions. India and China were bl...
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Avigdor Lieberman is not someone who would be expected to advocate Israel giving up Gaza for good and letting the Palestinians have statehood in the little statelet. Lieberman believes that it is a win-win solution for both Israel and Palestine where by Israel would no longer be an occupying powe...
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Despite the popular image many traffic cameras actually cost more money to maintain than they bring in through speeding fines. Not surprisingly in the current austerity climate in Britain speed cameras are likely to be cut. The worry is that this will mean that more people will go over the limit ...
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Pakistan is flooded yet president Zardari continued his visit to the UK and France. Not surprisingly this has lead to questioning whether he should have returned home quickly or never left in the first place. It has been likened to Bush’s response to hurricane Katrina, but at least Bush did not l...
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Should all occupations have uniforms?
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By lowering the voting age we are more able to engage young people with politics and with the democratic process. This has major long term benefits for political engagement.
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In the beginning of the societies, people gave their trust in a group of person for the administration, organization, control and protection of the state. When Constitutions appears the social contract took life. This security breaks when one, or a group of person, try to destabilize the harmony ...
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Being unemployed is a situation none of us would like wind up in and when we find ourselves in it due to circumstances, we should get out of it as fast as possible. However, unemployed people who are receiving their unemployment benefits often forget that the role of the state transferred resourc...
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The practice of homeschooling has essentially been around since the dawn of time. Parents and guardians have always took it upon themselves to teach the younger generation the knowledge that they have received through their many years of experience. But we live in a different world now, governmen...
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The Scottish government's release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person to have been convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has prompted accusations that Britain ordered the release as part of an agreement on oil and gas.
The West has long been willing to entertain dictatorial and undemo...
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This question is becoming increasingly contested in the political arena. The government is coming under more and more pressure to lower the voting age to 16. This pressure comes from groups such as The Electoral Commission,The Electoral Reform Society, The Power Inquiry, The Votes at 16 Coalition...
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Israel managed to humiliate Vice President Biden by announcing new construction in East Jerusalem when Biden was trying to restart the stalled peace process. This is however not in Israel’s interest. Palestine is moving towards stability at least in the West Bank and being able to declare itself ...
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What say you?
Nadia is slacking off;musically,callously and might I say, facetiously chanting on and on about bombings in Rawalpindi and Lahore, the newbies are charging ahead for the DOTM(debater of the month) prize and Sarah is rising once again to reimburse her title. What will happen next?
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The financiers(The WEST) will extensively control the curriculum and the set-up of these schools.And Thus will be capable of correcting, the tainted mindset of Muslim extremist students in the WEST.
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Every AIDS patient deserves humanitarian care and medicinal treatment, irrespective of where s/he is from or the laws of his/her Country. "In the case of Taxol, BMS claims to a bevy of patents on processes and patent regimes,blocking generic products in many countries." [[http://lists.e...
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Their holy land is finally in their possession,the land that was theirs for decades,millenniums has been liberated from the „settlers“ and its rightful,truthful inhabitants restored their homes...Is it so?Or have the Israeli ,in order to fulfill their utopia, have they evicted a whole nation and ...
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Islam, 'like' many other Religions, promotes active discrimination between Believers & Non-Believers as a part of its core doctrine.
Unlike the Bible it has never been Reformed.
Quranic Quote Surah 3:28 States "Do not take un-believers as friends...".
Such divisions in Brit...
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Water is one of the essentials of life. Its management is needed first and foremost to provide drinking water. However there are many other uses which put strain on water supplies, particularly agriculture and industry. In most countries individuals are not able to simply collect their own from r...
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The war on drugs has been one of the biggest efforts worldwide since the second world war. It has been ongoing since the Nixon administration and is costing over $19 billion a year. However it is not solely a US problem but one that reaches around the world. Some countries have already decriminal...
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The U.S. is proposing to spend 25billion on protecting rainforests. However the proposal is based upon carbon credits, investors could earn carbon-emission credits in return for saving trees. While the rainforests need protecting is this really the way to do it?
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Two degrees is the target the international community is looking at. However the association of small island states believe that 2 degrees is too much and are demanding that the target for limiting global warming should be 1.5 degrees. On the other hand even 2 degrees looks like a difficult targe...
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The financiers(The WEST) will extensively control the curriculum and the set-up of these schools.And Thus will be capable of correcting, the tainted mindset of Muslim extremist students in the WEST.
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English has in the 20th century become the global language. It is the language of trade, diplomacy and the internet. However the increase in international languages, in particular English but also Spanish and Mandarin marginalise smaller languages even within their own homelands. In Indonesia Bah...
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This summer, South Africa are hosting the most anticipated footballing competition in the world, the FIFA World Cup. 352 players (11 of the best players from each country) representing 32 countries from around the planet all with the dream of lifting the World Cup on July 11th 2010. As always, th...
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Angela Merkel was supposedly very annoyed that the Chinese were even against the previously agreed commitment to cuts of 80% by 2050 by developed nations (Europe and Japan in particular as the US had its hands tied) being included in the final deal at Copenhagen. The Europeans were also consideri...
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The two main competing theories of EU integration are Neofunctionalism and Intergovernmentalism. Although these theories have been heavily criticised, amended or even abandoned, they do contain two strong theoretical integration arguments. Firstly Neofunctionalism proposed the concept of “spillov...
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Gordon Brown promised 'British jobs for British people' in September 2007 but the recent protests up and down the country show that this is not to be the case. Are the protestors right or is giving 'British jobs for British people' not the way forward?
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The Royal Navy gets ever more tasks to perform on a steadily shrinking budged. At the moment it is a force for global projection of power, helping to fight in far flung corners of the earth, protect trade routes from pirates and bring aid in response to emergencies. However as a power that is inc...
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Barack Obama has vowed to close down Guantanamo Bay as soon as he takes office this month. In order to support and speed up this process, the UK is preparing to take in and rehouse prisoners who have been cleared for release. Other European countries have volunteered to help as well – Portugal ha...
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The developing world has not killed off the Copenhagen accord. The conference 'took note' of the agreement, rather than fully adopting it as not everyone wants it or believes it is good enough. This means that we have an agreement out of copenhagen, even if it is not the agreement everyone was lo...
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Easter Eggs cost less than half price after Easter Monday, are just as edible and many people have friends and relatives they can't meet during the actual Easter weekend for practical reasons, so they have a legitimate need to give the gifts a couple of days late. Does the gift count for as much ...
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