George W Bush used a speech given on the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics to call on the Chinese government to respect the human rights of its people.
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August 7th, 2008
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August 7th, 2008
Hazel Blears has said there will be "far more" work with Muslim communities to tackle radicalism, but ruled out talking to the most extreme groups.
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August 7th, 2008
Three Christian activists were dragged off Tiananmen Square and detained in Beijing today after staging a protest over religious freedom and human rights for the second day running.
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August 7th, 2008
A relatively recent study from Norway finds a link between abortion and subsequent depression.
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August 7th, 2008
For Reverend John Keddie, there's the chance to follow in the footsteps of the boyhood hero whose story was at the centre of 1981 Oscar-winning movie Chariots Of Fire.
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August 6th, 2008
Women are just as culpable as men in this tawdry business - if not more so, because they should know better.
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August 6th, 2008
Britain's athletes at the Beijing Olympics are following in the footsteps of a bizarre assortment of British visitors to China, from intense Protestant missionaries to one of the greatest imperial heroes of the Victorian age. But they can at least take inspiration from the Chinese life of the Briton who inspired the film Chariots of Fire.
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August 6th, 2008
Amid the widespread concern over rising youth violence and the proliferation of knife murder, the BBFC decision seems misguided and irresponsible.
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August 6th, 2008
A new testing kit and pill for chlamydia which can be bought by teenagers over the counter has been attacked for promoting promiscuity.
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August 6th, 2008
A Labour MP has tabled a motion in Parliament that would eliminate the freedom of religious conscience of public servants who oppose the homosexualist political agenda.