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Eleni Theocharous: Trying to change the world
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MEP Eleni Theocharous has led life as if it was a series of battles, although THEO PANAYIDES finds she has now mellowed a bit. Eleni Theocharous was a gifted child who grew into a strong minded woman Eleni Theocharous sits on the edge of her living-room couch, focused, unsmiling. She has an appointment in half an hour, wall-to-wall engagements this weekend, and flies back to … Continue reading
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C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general, dies at 96
David Brown (source )
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C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States who started the government’s public discussion of AIDS during the Reagan administration, died Feb. 25 at his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96. View Photo Gallery — Former Surgeon General Koop dies: C. Everett Koop raised the profile of the surgeon general by bringing attention to AIDS and the effects of smoking. A spokeswoman … Continue reading
A fountain pen mightier than the sword
Lucy Battersby (source )
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Old habits die hard for Australia’s new High Court judge, writes Lucy Battersby. Justice Patrick Keane, QC … ”If you ask any Australian lawyer if they would like to go to the High Court, I think the answer would be yes.” Photo: Simon O’Dwyer The next judge to arrive at the High Court is a 60-year-old Queenslander who still writes his thousand-word judgments with a … Continue reading
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Renewed calls for an African pope
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POPE Benedict XVI’s resignation has sparked calls for his successor to come from Africa, home to the world’s fastest-growing population and the front line of key issues facing the Roman Catholic Church. Around 15 per cent of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics live in Africa and the per centage has expanded significantly in recent years in comparison to other parts of the world. Much of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Culture, Discrimination, Eminence, Global issues, Leadership, Religion, Society
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Nelson Mandela ‘has stopped talking’
Erin Conway-Smith, Cape Town (source )
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South African leaders issued assurances about the health of former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday night after the 94 year-old was airlifted to hospital having reportedly stopped speaking amid a deterioration in his condition. Nelson Mandelahas spent a second day at the Pretoria hospital Photo: REUTERS The Sunday Times, a South African newspaper, quoted an unnamed person close to the Mandela family as saying: “He has … Continue reading
Australia lost one of its greatest art patrons this week.
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Matriarch of the arts, Elisabeth Murdoch, regularly supported over 100 charities and organisations. In the arts world that included the National Gallery of Victoria, the Bell Shakespeare Company, the Australian Ballet, the Victorian Opera, the Victorian College of the Arts, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Recital Centre, and a pile of small local arts organisations. And her support wasn’t just monetary. She was known … Continue reading
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Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
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Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed some of the 20th Century’s most famous modernist buildings, has died just before his 105th birthday. Niemeyer designed some of the 20th Century’s most famous buildings He rose to international fame as the architect of the main government buildings in the futuristic Brazilian capital, Brasilia, inaugurated in 1960. He also worked with Swiss-born modernist architect Le Corbusier on the … Continue reading
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Turkey’s top statesmen pay respect to Ataturk
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Turkey’s top statesmen attended ceremonies today honoring the 74th anniversary of modern Turkey’s founder Ataturk’s death, daily Hurriyet reported. AA Photo Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Parliament head Cemil Cicek, main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Deputy Presidents Bulent Arinc and Bekir Bozdag and others were all present. Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not attend the ceremonies due to his commitments abroad. Thousands of policemen were positioned at … Continue reading
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Was Atatürk an Armenian?
ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com (source )
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The Radikal daily has started quite an interesting discussion about the family origins of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Radikal reported, according to the forthcoming book “From Mustafa to Kemal: Atatürk’s Big Secret” by Fatih Bayhan, that the family origins of Atatürk do not lie in Thessaloniki, as is commonly believed, but instead in the eastern province of Malatya. Bayhan claims … Continue reading
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