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Bronwyn Bishop has finally apologised to voters for billing them for a $5000 private helicopter trip and says she will repay all entitlements she claimed to attend colleagues' weddings but is refusing to resign as Speaker. A contrite Mrs Bishop spoke on Sydney radio 2GB to conservative host Alan.... |
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BUT she insists she will not resign over the expenses scandal that has engulfed the veteran MP and Abbott government. "I want to apologise to the Australian people for my error of judgment and to say sorry," a contrite Mrs Bishop told 2GB on Thursday. "I feel I've let them down. |
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I’m a London-based journalist telling stories about entrepreneurial eco-systems and the people who make up the most vibrant parts of them, in established and emerging markets. The intersection of modern culture, world events and great ideas fascinates me, particularly when they culminate in subtle, or significant shifts in society. |
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Tom Friedman made what I think is the key point being overlooked. "The idea that Iran is everywhere and our enemy and the Sunni Arabs are our allies is a mistake.....the Saudi leadership's ruling bargain is toxic.... the al-Saud tribe gets to rule and in return the Saudi Wahhabi religious.... |
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UPDATE @11:35 a.m., July 29: The family of Dontae Martin joined attorney Michael Wright at a news conference today to address questions they have in Martin’s death. Wright said Martin was not a felon and had never been convicted of a felony, contrary to previous statements from officials. |
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THE TRIAL. This is a book about a trial and my experiences in that trial over the past 14 years; everything that happened to me, what I observed, what I did, what I had to do. I have resisted the attempt to write this narrative until now because the past 14 years have been so full of events and.... |
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Government official defends campaign criticised as ‘anti-church’ which has seen 1,200 places of worship lose their crosses
A woman prays at a Catholic church in Tianjin. More than 1,200 Chinese churches have had crosses stripped from their roofs in recent months. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images. |
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"We know that the person behind the person in the concealment in the bishop's coffin really had to plan it carefully, to have the right moment for the concealment," says Per Karsten at the Lund Historical Museum. "We see numerous examples in Sweden of foetuses hidden in odd places; for instance in church walls, or cemetery walls. |
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The protected lion known as Cecil strolls around in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe in 2012. The lion, who had a distinctive black mane, was collared as part of an Oxford University study which has been ongoing since 1999, and was protected inside the park. |
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Referring to the encyclical on climate change, Leonard Pitts (“ Pope Should Stick To Religion? ” July 22) focuses on what he calls Pope Francis’ “bare-knuckles critique of the excesses of capitalism,” ignoring the excesses of politics, ecology, science, technology and relativism which the pope also addresses. |
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. Garden City, New York July 24, 2015 E-mail:
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I thought about a couple more captions for this column before settling on the one above. One such caption was as follows: "What Are The NDC Operatives Afraid Of?" And the other: "NDC Running.... |
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