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It is sad to see how a continent that was one cradle of civilisation is running blindly into a trap, the trap of a holy war with Islam – and that six Muslim terrorists were sufficient to bring that about
The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima – which ended on 14 December 2014, two days after it was scheduled to close…
There are four historical reasons to understand how the anger and frustration now all over the Muslim world leads to attraction to the Islamic State (IS) in poor sectors
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It will take time to come to terms with our legacies and find the just solution for the future
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At the last summit of European heads of state in Brussels at the end of June, the main theme was youth unemployment,…
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