Archive for February, 2008
Britain stands a little taller
BBC NEWS | UK | Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan. But Britain stands a little taller in the world for two reasons. First, he went there - not on a PR visit, or to encourage the troops, but as a soldier. Second, as much as possible, the establishment kept it secret. There was no attempt to harness [...]
Opposites detract: Iran and the Netherlands in conflict over Qu’ran film
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Iranians urge Dutch to ban film Just the other day Al-Jazeera television refused to adopt a media code which would ban satellite channels deemed to have offended Arab leaders or national or religious symbols. Today, Iran urges the Netherlands to ban a film made by Dutch MP Geert Wilders on the subject of the Qu'ran. [...]
US mistaken to hail Hezbollah leaders death
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US hails Hezbollah leaders death I've lost more than one friend to terrorism. In 1988 Flora Swire, who I knew in the joint Christian Union at King Edward's, Birmingham, was killed in the Lockerbie plane bombing. In 1989 Romanian pastor Vasilie Gherman, who had visited our house not long before, was killed by the [...]
What is the Archbishop of Canterbury on about?
BBC NEWS | UK | Archbishop defends Sharia remarks Rowan Williams is undoubtedly a profound thinker leading the Anglican Church through some of its greatest crises in recent years. The ordination of women, gay priests and the adoption issue, alongside more traditional subjects such as the war in Iraq are areas where he has - successfully so far - [...]
