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Diary: Is George really preaching as one of Islam's converted?
Friday 27 April 2012
George Galloway, the newly elected MP for West Bradford, has denied that he took part in a ceremony years ago to convert to Islam. Mr Galloway, whose family background is Roman Catholic, is undeniably popular with British Muslims, particularly the young, but whether he is a Muslim is something he does not consider to be anyone else's business.
Deflated 'hosts' Pakistan just want to go home
Tuesday 21 February 2012
At this stage of any cricket tour, all anybody wants to do is go home. Of nobody is this truer in the United Arab Emirates at present than the "home" side. Pakistan have been away for too long and it is beginning to show.
Hosts Pakistan can't wait to go home
Tuesday 21 February 2012
England can complete a one-day whitewash today against opponents who are feeling homesick
Kenya is on the brink of its own disaster
Sunday 31 July 2011
While the situation in Somalia deteriorates, millions of its neighbours are at risk of malnutrition
Police ordered to release files to Jemima Khan and Hugh Grant
Thursday 21 July 2011
Newspapers other than the News of the World may have been involved in hacking the phones of Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan, the High Court heard yesterday.
Jemima Khan: Lots of questions but very few answers
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Lots of questions and lots of replies but very few answers. James Murdoch relied on the PCC Report of November 2009. The PCC relied on News International assurances. It was the usual circular firing squad.
Matthew Norman on Monday: Maybe it's time for the Murdochs to get some family psychotherapy
Monday 18 July 2011
What is needed at this point in the saga, I can't help feeling, is neither a select committee nor a judicial inquiry, but family psychotherapy on an industrial scale. Take Liz Murdoch. If Liz's volcanic rage at being the biological daughter less loved by Daddy than the adopted sister with the Medusa tresses erupted with "Rebekah fucked the company", we must look to the distant past for the genesis of her filial anguish. I make no apology for repeating the anecdote, which is not only the most revealing snapshot of Rupert's soul, but may help us understand Liz's daughterly angst.
Jemima Khan: 'I'm a member of the hacked club'
Friday 08 July 2011
For victims of the News of the World hacking scandal, not knowing the full extent of the invasion of their privacy is horrible. They include Jemima Khan, who details the long, painful process of trying to find out the truth
Jemima Khan: The things you say sound great, Mr President. So why do you end up disappointing us?
Saturday 25 June 2011
The Saturday Column
Jemima Khan: We are a wealthy country, so we can afford to help
Monday 13 June 2011
The cost of a vaccine for one of the major child killers is less than most of us would pay for a daily cup of coffee
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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