Twenty Romanian families, in?cluding a five-day-old baby, had to flee their homes in the Lisburn Road area of Belfast on Tuesday night after a week of racist attacks. They took refuge in the Belfast Central Church, an Evangelical non-denominational congregation.
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June 19th, 2009
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June 18th, 2009
Harriet Harman wants ministers to discriminate to get more women, black and disabled people on the boards of public bodies.
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June 18th, 2009
A public debate organised by banned Islamic sect Al Muhajiroun was cancelled today after an angry confrontation broke out over the segregation of men and women.
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June 18th, 2009
The controversial Islamist group lapped up the limelight as its relaunch collapsed into chaos last night.
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June 18th, 2009
Illness accounts for 60% of absences but schools minister admits figures are a 'concern'.
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June 18th, 2009
Up to three-quarters of children who are locked up before they appear in court do not subsequently receive a jail sentence, a report says.
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June 18th, 2009
A new Foreign Office directive promoting homosexual rights has provoked an outcry in Europe after a second British ambassador in the space of a week was criticised for supporting a pride march.
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June 18th, 2009
Homosexuals Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow sparked outrage when they used donated eggs and surrogate mothers in the USA to have their nine-year-old twins Aspen and Saffron and five-year-old son Orlando.
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June 18th, 2009
We need to distinguish carefully the ways in which states can be secular. Only some will help to defuse conflicts.
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June 18th, 2009
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has unveiled a new kit for testing a prohibited euthanasia drug.