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Diamonds that spell death |
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Written by Alex Hilton
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Friday, 29 August 2003 17:00 |
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by Tristram Hunt and Oona King. Published in The Guardian Western commerce still feeds the war in Congo
Early next week a French-led contingent of multinational troops will pull out of the Congo town of Bunia after barely three months of peacekeeping. Thankfully, some high-level diplomacy at the United Nations by the secretary general, Kofi Annan, has secured a replacement force to serve a further year in an attempt to end the regional conflict which since 1998 has claimed more than 3.3 million lives. |
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Does multiculturalism have a future? |
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Written by Alex Hilton
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Monday, 30 October 2006 17:00 |
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Published by the Commission for Racial Equality . When people ask if multiculturalism has a future, the short answer is yes. But the question of how we secure that future is more complex than anyone imagined during the passage of the Race Relations Act 1976. At one level, multiculturalism is merely a statement of fact: many cultures living side by side. But minority groups also view multiculturalism as a bulwark against assimilation, a rejection of the cultural blancmange that inevitably discards their heritage in favour of pearly kings and queens. |
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Written by Alex Hilton
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Sunday, 29 September 2002 17:00 |
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Published by Make My Vote Count I support electoral reform on a point of principle. I don't support it because it means my party wins more seats - although it's likely the left would gain. I support it because I believe in representative democracy. But in making the case for reform it's important to consider whether 'fair votes' could let in the far right. This is a legitimate concern for all on the left who want a more democratic electoral system. |
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What we need is a Muslim Rooney |
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Written by Alex Hilton
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Saturday, 08 July 2006 17:00 |
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By Oona King, published in the Telegraph 'I'm so happy for you," I tell my Italian husband when Italy get through to the World Cup final. On reflection I realise this is a lie. I am insanely jealous. Why can't it be England? And why does football mean so much to so many? During the England match, head in my hands and hardly able to breathe, I was chided by my two-year old niece: "Don't get upset, it's only a game." Such wisdom and ignorance from one so young… When England exited the 2002 World Cup she didn't exist, yet she's already grasped the futility of being an England fan. But what she hasn't grasped is the significance of the beautiful game. She's not alone. |
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Written by Alex Hilton
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Sunday, 14 November 2004 17:00 |
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By Oona King The first time I met Yasser Arafat was in 1998. I had been an MP for just over a year, and I was keen to meet the man who told the United Nations “I carry an olive branch in one hand and a freedom fighter’s gun in the other”. His Ramallah headquarters were spartan yet neat. There was no sign of the rubble and bombs that would engulf the compound when I returned five years later. |
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