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What was left behind
- Catherine Marshall
- 09 September 2011
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A soft toy. A restaurant menu. A business card. An agony so great it swamped the world. While America was busy hunting down Osama bin Laden, my son and his contemporaries, who were children at the time of the attack, grew up and inherited a world irrevocably changed.
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AUSTRALIA

The murder of Osama Bin Laden
- Moira Rayner
- 04 May 2011
56 Comments
Barack Obama has committed his people to a legal and ethical mistake which will be a continuing obstacle to the West's integrity in its pursuit of freedom, democracy, internationally recognised standards of justice and human rights, and lasting peace.
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AUSTRALIA

Obama's Libya dilemma
- Tony Kevin
- 01 April 2011
2 Comments
Obama knows the mood could sour quickly in the Middle East and Arab world if the US goes into Libya with ground forces. Yet if the war drags on, Obama will face increasing domestic criticism. Americans are anxious to see stability restored to their oil supplies.
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RELIGION

Fixing the priesthood
- Michael Kelly
- 20 February 2011
41 Comments
In earlier generations, Australian priests were treated as tribal heroes. But the sexual abuse scandals and their inept management by Church authorities have dealt lethal blows. The paradigm is broken and needs a full review.
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Best of 2010: Peter Kennedy's first year in exile
- Peter Kirkwood
- 11 January 2011
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INTERNATIONAL

Challenging Frank Brennan on gay marriage
- Rodney Croome
- 26 November 2010
14 Comments
I'd hoped a reformer and humanist like Frank Brennan would understand that in this world of disposable relationships, valuing love, commitment and inclusion must be our paramount goal. Instead, he has reverted to orthodoxy when confronted with a change that troubles his Catholic conscience.
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INTERNATIONAL

Thirty years of Jesuit Refugee Service
- Mark Raper
- 17 November 2010
3 Comments
May I tell you about one refugee whom I met during the 20 years I lived and worked JRS? The story has no happy outcome, indeed far from it. But it may help to communicate some of the feelings that inspire many who accompany the refugees.
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RELIGION

Reconciling religion, politics and human rights
- Frank Brennan
- 04 November 2010
15 Comments
Cardinal Pell, with whom I have voiced disagreement, preached superbly at the mass of thanksgiving after the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. 'She does not deter us from struggling to follow her.' As we wrestle with the common good, let's make a place for all our fellow citizens.
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INTERNATIONAL

Empathy for the buried as Chilean miners emerge
- Catherine Marshall
- 13 October 2010
3 Comments
Raw earth passed by, centimetres from my eyes. Light seeped away, and all that was left was the sound of my breathing. Then a beam of light from a miner's hat reached towards me. A voice greeted me and a hand helped me to climb out. I did an interview, there in the dark, with the faceless person before me.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Man of faiths
- Peter Kirkwood
- 01 September 2010
28 Comments
On his return to Europe after many years absence, Raimon Panikkar said: ‘I left as a Christian, I found myself a Hindu, and I return a Buddhist, without having ceased to be a Christian.' This statement of his own multiple religious belonging is just one of many challenging insights and ideas that he wrote about with passion and eloquence.
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AUSTRALIA

Planet Football's alternative world order
- Michael Visontay
- 11 June 2010
3 Comments
In the Olympics, the countries with the biggest populations win the most medals. Not in the World Cup. The United States' underdog status is one of the unifying pleasures of football fans around the world.
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Peter Kennedy's first year in exile
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 May 2010
31 Comments
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