Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, attacked Israel as a "racist regime" at a United Nations summit to face racism, prompting British and other European diplomats to walk out of the conference. Below are excerpts from Iranian president's speech at UN.
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April 20th, 2009
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April 20th, 2009
A runner-up at the Miss USA pageant says her opposition to gay marriage cost her first prize in the competition.
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April 20th, 2009
Drugs given to five elderly people at a hospital contributed to their deaths, an inquest jury has ruled.
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April 20th, 2009
The official magazine of the Church of Scotland has criticised traditionalists who use the Bible to justify a position against homosexual practice.
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April 20th, 2009
A bishop has attacked a council-led plan that could see teenage girls at a Catholic school obtaining the 'morning after pill' by text.
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April 20th, 2009
'There is but one truly serious philosophical problem,' wrote Albert Camus, 'and that is suicide.' It never fails to puzzle society when someone claims to have solved it.
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April 19th, 2009
George Pitcher suggests that the Prime Minister finally accepts that the Church has its uses.
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April 19th, 2009
Washington confirms it will boycott a UN forum on racism next week because of differences over Israel and free speech.
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April 19th, 2009
Durban II will be little more than a celebration of the alliance between anti-Western leftists and Islamists.
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April 19th, 2009
For the first time, the broadcaster will take advice on programmes like 'Thought for the Day' from a secularist.