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Keywords: Brussels

INTERNATIONAL

Freewheeling fantasies of European citizenship
- Benedict Coleridge
- 22 February 2013
1 Comment
Does citizenship need to be built upon close cultural, linguistic and historical ties, as in a national community? Or can a broader conception of citizenship be formed? In Brussels I spot a mural of a mosque on a garage door, surrounded by people from North Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, speaking French, Flemish, English and Arabic.
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INTERNATIONAL

Transformed by a boring Brussels Mass
- Benedict Coleridge
- 25 January 2013
15 Comments
The coughing is getting worse; it sounds like the pew behind me is hosting a cardiac arrest. English theologian James Alison described mass as 'a long term education in becoming unexcited', a state that allows us to dwell 'in a quiet place' that 'increases our attention, our presence'. In Brussels, becoming 'unexcited' seems important.
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AUSTRALIA

Eurozone trashed
- Binoy Kampmark
- 16 November 2011
10 Comments
Many Italian protesters have called 12 November a day of liberation. This is a misunderstanding of what has happened. One does not have to be a fan of Silvio Berlusconi's sordid regime to see the madness of austerity that is stripping away the sovereignty of states through the eurozone.
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AUSTRALIA

The Scots' war on everything British
- Duncan Maclaren
- 13 May 2011
16 Comments
The Scottish National Party government has rid Scots of the sense of inferiority hammered into them by the British state. Australians, given their outrage over the banning of The Chaser's royal wedding commentary, know something of how this feels. The British state is past its use-by date.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD

The spider-web fisherman
- Arnold Zable
- 04 November 2009
Observing this unique means of fishing, I realised an alternative intelligence was at work, born of the islanders' relationship to the environment. Ironically, this island is one of a growing number facing inundation by rising waters due to climate change.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The tyranny of difference
- Susan Hurley and Grace Yee
- 05 May 2009
4 Comments
even if we spent the next hundred years .. carving roast lamb on Sundays .. buttering white bread .. and boiling Brussels sprouts .. we could never be them .. nor they us
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AUSTRALIA

US military strikes blunt Pakistan honour
- Mustafa Qadri
- 17 September 2008
3 Comments
The tribal peoples of northern Pakistan distrust foreigners due to centuries of interference that have left them marginalised. The casual nature with which US forces excuse civilian casualties suggests an abject ignorance of this history.
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AUSTRALIA

Congo thrives under Chinese 'invasion'
- Fernando Franco
- 07 August 2008
6 Comments
European and US corporations are on the retreat in Africa, while the progress of Chinese and Indian companies is bearing positive results. They stand to fulfill the promise of 'development' that has remained a dream since independence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Roving ambassador
- John Button
- 10 May 2006
John Button travels Twelve cities: A memoir with Roy Jenkins.
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INTERNATIONAL

In the shadow of a siege
- Madeleine Byrne
- 08 May 2006
The siege at Beslan drew the world’s attention to a long and bloody conflict
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AUSTRALIA

Europe’s Muslim future
- Anthony Ham
- 24 April 2006
In grappling with a growing Muslim population, Europe must choose between assimilation, integration or accommodation.
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INTERNATIONAL

Tensions mount in Sri Lanka
- Jon Greenaway
- 21 April 2006
A few months’ peace in the wake of the tsunami was shattered by an assassin’s bullet.
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Keywords: Brussels