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Friday, 18 April 2008
The Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland is to examine the "barriers" it believes are preventing women and people from ethnic minorities from progressing into senior positions. Equality campaigners fear the lack of women and non-white sheriffs and judges is damaging public confidence in the legal system, reports The Scotsman
 
Tsvangirai accused of treason as China arms Zimbabwe | Print |  Email
Friday, 18 April 2008
Zimbabwe's government has ignored a significant call from South Africa to release the result of the presidential elections and has accused the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, of treason by plotting with Britain to overthrow the President, Robert Mugabe, reports The Independent's special correspondent in Harare
 
The cloning revolution (part 2) | Print |  Email
Friday, 18 April 2008
A revolutionary form of cloning is to be used as part of a last-ditch effort to save one of the world's rarest animals – the northern white rhino – which is on the brink of extinction with only a few individuals left in the wild, reports Steve Connor, Science Editor of The Independent
 
Stop indulging African dictators | Print |  Email
Friday, 18 April 2008
If Africa is to progress, there has to be accountability through the ballot box; and governments such as Britain's, backed by its powerful aid budget, should stop treating the new breed of dictators with kid gloves, writes the former BBC East Africa correspondent Ishbel Matheson in The Times
 
Social Trends Survey reveals only 38% believe in god | Print |  Email
Friday, 18 April 2008
The Office of National Statistics Social Trends survey confirms that religious adherence in the UK continues to decrease with only 38% of the population attesting to a belief in god. You can read the whole survey here
 
Online archive shows how Darwin's ideas evolved | Print |  Email
Thursday, 17 April 2008
About 90,000 pages of manuscripts, field notes, photographs and sketches connected with Charles Darwin are being placed online, where they can be viewed free. Among the gems are his first formulation of the theory of natural selection, his first written doubts that species were fixed and touching correspondence from his wife on religious faith. Writes James Randerson in The Guardian
 
How come Zimbabwe and Tibet get all the attention? | Print |  Email
Thursday, 17 April 2008
On the basis of the scale of violence, repression and election rigging alone, you would be hard put to explain why these conflicts have been singled out for such special attention. Writes Seumas Milne in The Guardian
 
"Young Earth Creationism", "Creation Science and "Intelligent Design" | Print |  Email
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

The Geological Society of London has published a statement upholding the right of freedom of belief for all and criticising 'Creationism', saying that "religion and science only become incompatible with each other when one attempts to trespass upon the domain of the other." Thanks to member Peter Taylor for passing this story on, which can be read in full here

 
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