Wednesday, 24 December 2008
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Leading article: There are still reasons for cheer this ChristmasWednesday, 24 December 2008
Yet there will be a shadow over many homes this festive season in the form of a rapidly worsening global economic downturn. The spectres of unemployment, home repossessions and bankruptcy loom frighteningly large. And in the wider world too, ominous ...
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Opinion: top in 2008Wednesday, 24 December 2008
The more traditional prose items we ran on the opinion pages were topped by a piece that got huge traction in America - Dominic Lawson's question Why should anyone trust Joe Biden?, with his view that Joe Biden might be a less than impressive figure,...
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Alexa Chung: 'As the youngest of my family, I think it's safe to say I'm the brat'Wednesday, 24 December 2008
The reason for my dreary appearance is that I have had to pack for a trip to Australia. I've been forced to haul my suitcase full of goodies with me to my parent's house in Hampshire, ready for my departure straight from here in a few days time. Wate...
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Anne Penketh: The exception to the rule that francophone west Africa is on the road to democracyWednesday, 24 December 2008
Every west African country has faced twists and turns along the road to democracy following independence, including Nigeria, and its fellow English-speaking countries of Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia and Gambia. But now, Guinea's neighbours are beacon...
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Paul Vallely: Theological point that was lost in translationWednesday, 24 December 2008
The hapless pontiff has been reported around the globe as saying that saving humanity from homosexual or trans-sexual behaviour is as important as saving the rainforest. That is not what he said at all. In fact, his end-of-year address to Vatican bur...
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Marcus Berkmann: Punishment in a post office queueWednesday, 24 December 2008
In city centres, for instance, you now need a good sturdy pair of wellies to negotiate the pools of vomit that manifest themselves every afternoon, and grow in size and number until dawn the following morning. For should you slip and fall into one su...
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Michael D Griffin: I fear that we would not be allowed a mission like Apollo 8 todayWednesday, 24 December 2008
With that in mind, I have long thought that the decision to send Apollo 8 to the moon was one of the most crucial in NASA's history, and might well stand first on the list. To decide to send people to the moon for the very first time would always be ...
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