Australia had always shied away from ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, due to the non-inclusion of target setting on China and India. This was a position on which it had the prime support of the US Administration under George Bush (who at many points professed not to believe in global warming). It is [...]
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For the past several days, the Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has been facing a torrid time in relation to the holding of Indian-born doctor Dr. Mohamed Haneef for investigation related to the attempted terrorist attacks in Britain. He has been accused of stubbornness, unwillingness to admit a mistake, and willfully holding a person on [...] The fight over who is a terrorist or not is a serious issue. In the current situation, if you catch suspects, and if they are Muslims involved in suspicious activities, thoughts will always move to whether the person is guilty or not. And that is the crux of the matter. Either people are caught in [...] |
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