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Praying man let his daughter die - Update: Parents sentenced to six months' jail (89 replies)
Ahmadinejad's parents were Jewish - So says the Daily Telegraph (10 replies)
Resistance to healthcare changes in the U.S - Please contribute your opinions for or against (191 replies)
Ireland brings the EU to a grinding halt - Update: Second time it's "Yes" to Lisbon Treaty (461 replies)
Woman refuses to pay credit card in protest - Debtors are revolting (YouTube video) (15 replies)
Zimbabwe going to pot under Mugabe - Why don't other countries get involved? (175 replies)
Migration reforms needed, says UN - Europe is getting old, but we already knew that (0 replies)
Guns to be allowed in Arizona bars - NRA says it's deterrent (3 replies)
Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Summer Olympics - I guess it was time to make Olympics truly global (11 replies)
POW chief a prisoner of his own lies - Aussie 'hero' made it all up (0 replies)
The former Yugoslavia - What the hell happened to it? (25 replies)
Toyota recalls US models - Problem with accelerator sticking (0 replies)
Republican anti-Obama 'tea party' protests - What's all this 'teabagging'? (51 replies)
Britain to cut number of Trident submarines - From four to... um, three (1 replies)
Why are we fighting in Afghanistan - BBC1's Wounded got me thinking (18 replies)
Poll says Israelis sympathetic towards Germany - Exposure to German culture relatively widespread (146 replies)
Winning the war on terror - Here's my armchair solution (0 replies)
Obama abandons European missile defence shield - Decision on shield in Poland and Czech Republic (90 replies)
President Obama calls Kanye West a jackass - Freedom of speech for the President? (23 replies)
Russia presents 'evidence' of pro-Nazi Poland - Russian military historian blames Poland for WWII (14 replies)
Rights group suspends analyst over Nazi collection - Witch hunt by a pro-Israel blog (8 replies)
What are we doing in Afghanistan? - Grounds for U.S. and UK military action there (74 replies)
Terrorists found guilty in "liquid bombing" plan - These plonkers to blame for liquid ban on planes (4 replies)
Samoa switches to drive on the left - How long will it take the rest of the world? (12 replies)
Does Britain owe Alan Turing an apology? - Gay computer scientist driven to suicide in 1954 (82 replies)
Animal situation in Qatar - Only animal refuge burned down (2 replies)
Racial attacks on Indian students in Australia - Are they done with bashing the Aborigines now? (13 replies)
PAX, a Catholic bank, owns some interesting shares - Investing in weapons, contraceptives, and tobacco (4 replies)
U.N. will not teach Gaza students about Holocaust - ...is not a human rights issue (226 replies)
Israeli fury at Sweden organ claim - 'Palestinians killed for their organs' (17 replies)
International arms sales increase - Some good news for employment at last (69 replies)
How to set up a proxy server - To allow unmonitored internet for Iranians/Chinese (4 replies)
Republican senator switches party - Update: Democrats finally get the magic 60 seats (64 replies)
Happy Hiroshima Day to everybody - Ending a war swiftly is always a good thing, no? (83 replies)
MP defends his walkout on a Muslim wedding - He was told he must sit apart from his wife (87 replies)
Chilling photos of a police killing in India - Suspect allegedly shot dead in broad daylight (25 replies)
Productivity: Europe vs. America - Do longer holidays mean greater productivity? (8 replies)
G8 considers booting out Italy - Berlusconi's planning has been so chaotic (55 replies)
Tim Hortons sponsoring NOM - A group lobbying against gay-marriage (1 replies)
Hillary Clinton in Africa - No replies after three days (0 replies)
Britain going to pot under Gordon Brown - When will the British public wake up to it? (528 replies)
Mother's plea over daughter jailed in Laos - Update: Pregnant Briton to serve life in the UK (90 replies)
Troops flood into the city of Urumqi, China - Security forces deployed to quell riots (51 replies)
U.S. immigration policy and same-sex couples - Unfair at the least, discriminatory at the worst (279 replies)
China has officially blocked Facebook - Civil unrest means more censorship (40 replies)
Sarah Palin resigns as governor of Alaska - Update: And Vanity Fair copy edits her speech (80 replies)
New blasphemy law introduced - 15th century? Nope, 21st century Ireland (32 replies)
US senator Al Franken sworn in - Receives longest standing ovation of his career (5 replies)
The formation of Barack Obama's cabinet - Who will he pick, who would you prefer? (353 replies)
A moral evaluation of Israel's behavior - Democracy, morals, legal and non-legal views (303 replies)