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By Martin Doyle4 Sept 2012
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The film industry was probably naive to think it would be spared from Trump’s war on globalisation.
During public hearings in The Hague starting on April 28, representatives from many nations appealed to the ICJ to utilize its authority as the highest court to mandate that Israel cease the starvation of Palestinians.
Over the next few weeks, it will be the government backbench “lobby fodder” that will have to do the lion’s share of facing up and responding to the anger of those adversely affected by this legislation.
China is tightening control over Tibet and flexing its strategic roof of the world advantage by cyber-spying on the Dalai Lama's supporters "worldwide from Lhasa to London," opening Tibet's international airport to Singapore and Nepal, and building the world's biggest hydroelectric dam on a glacier-fed river.
Citing Trump as a reason for Albanese’s landslide victory is like blaming the icing for the state of a badly baked cake.
Taking the word catholic literally, Pope Francis attempted to universalize all religions under the banner of inclusiveness. But he was jesuitical by ignoring the inherent contradiction of simultaneously trying to evangelize Catholicism.
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