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AUSTRALIA

The false nationalism of Anzac Day and football
- Ruby J. Murray
- 24 April 2009
31 Comments
The hype surrounding the AFL's annual Anzac Day match has reached near-sacred heights. Asking what it means to have football played on Anzac Day is as risky as wondering why the Digger is the most powerful expression of Australian identity.
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AUSTRALIA

Amrozi execution gets Rudd's gloat
- Michael Mullins
- 12 January 2009
1 Comment
The execution of the Bali bombers is imminent, and Kevin Rudd has encouraged Australians to have the 'last gloat'. The Muslim world will interpret our gloating as Australia's endorsementof the Bush Doctrine in its dying days.
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AUSTRALIA

Amrozi execution gets Rudd's gloat
- Michael Mullins
- 03 November 2008
28 Comments
The execution of the Bali bombers is imminent, and Kevin Rudd has encouraged Australians to have the 'last gloat'. The Muslim world will interpret our gloating as Australia's endorsementof the Bush Doctrine in its dying days.
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RELIGION

Neither Scott nor Amrozi deserves death
- Frank Brennan
- 17 October 2008
31 Comments
We should feel deep regret when the bullets pierce the hearts of the Bali Bombers. Neither just nor useful, the death penalty is immoral. Prime Minister Rudd is well positioned to contribute to its abolition.
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RELIGION

Killing people for killing people
- Frank Brennan
- 17 October 2008
9 Comments
'For me, talk of the death penalty evoked the young, frightened faces of Scott and Emmanuel, as well as the laughing, haughty faces of Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra.' Full text from Frank Brennan's session on 'Killing People for Killing People', Ubud Writers Festival, 17 October 2008.
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RELIGION

Educating leaders for the contemporary Australian Church
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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INTERNATIONAL

Amrozi: What would Batman do
- Paul Mitchell
- 18 August 2008
13 Comments
Imagine Kevin Rudd in a Batman suit, and soon-to-be executed Bali bomber Amrozi as the Joker. Would the caped crusader's 'rule' — that he not become a monster to stop one — compel him to intercede on the smiling assassin's execution?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The human face of Burma's death toll
- Anonymous
- 14 May 2008
3 Comments
Today I returned from one of the areas most affected by the cyclone. I have seen the suffering of the graceful people who live in these parts. Burma is in deep mourning, but we are doing what we can to help.
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MEDIA

The fatality equation: death in Minnesota, death in Iraq
- Kylie Baxter and Rebecca Barlow
- 05 September 2007
2 Comments
Last month, 13 people died in the Mississippi River collapse. On the same day in Iraq, a suicide bomber killed 14 when he drove an explosive laden car into a line of police. Media coverage suggests a disproportionate amount of Australian grief was directed towards the US victims.
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AUSTRALIA

Musharraf throws dice in bid to hold power
- Suzanna Koster
- 11 July 2007
This week's operation against the radical clerics has prompted messages of support for Pakistan's General Musharraf from western allies. But in the eyes of the common Pakistanis the president has lost credibility forever.
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RELIGION

Book Review: Frank Brennan answers atheist manifestos
- Frank Brennan
- 05 June 2007
6 Comments
There can be no peace unless believers and atheists share an equal place in the public square of a free and democratic society.
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AUSTRALIA

The original Europeans
- Anthony Ham
- 18 May 2007
Anthony Ham discovers that Basque is not a region but a way of life
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