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Robert Hefner sees more than just coincidence in these weather patterns.
Frank O’Shea reviews Andrew Moore’s Francis De Groot: Irish Fascist, Australian Legend.
The siege at Beslan drew the world’s attention to a long and bloody conflict
Obituaries provide a window on the lives of those great and small
Ben Fraser follows Sally Neighbour through In the Shadow of Swords: On the trail of terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia.
Gavan Daws’s Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific prompts some reflection from Denis Tracey.
Europe's immigration conundrum
It is a happy accident that brings together in 2005 the anniversaries of three Jesuits who worked in German: Peter Canisius, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner.
Jack Carmody reflects on the life of Fr Ted Kennedy, pastor to Sydney’s urban indigenous community.
John Mateer’s Semar’s Cave: An Indonesian Journal is best appreciated for its lyrical reflection and vivid detail, writes Madeleine Byrne.
The organisational culture within Australia’s Department of Immigration appears to have little regard for human rights, but an ex-insider says it didn’t have to be that way
In grappling with a growing Muslim population, Europe must choose between assimilation, integration or accommodation.