England im Herbst, the same procedure as every year. Wenn sich die Blätter zu färben beginnen und der Regen wieder kälter wird, dann ist nicht nur der Sommer vorbei, sondern die Parteitagssaison beginnt. Parteitage - das klingt für Deutsche nach Änderungsanträgen, Sitzordnung nach Landesverbandszugehörigkeit und Kampfkandidaturen. Aber auf der Insel wird man nach all dem vergeblich suchen. Parteitage oder ‘party conferences’, wie sie hier heißen, haben mehr mit Party denn mit Konferenz zu tun. Für vier Tage treffen Parteiführung und -volk zum gemeinsamen Umtrunk aufeinander und das in der Regel an einem Ort abseits der üblichen Zentren der Macht. Für diese Zeit ist die Provinz der Mittelpunkt der Welt, zumindest glauben dies Provinzler wie Parteifunktionäre gerne.

Das nordwestenglische Blackpool hat es dieses Jahr wieder...

Schools will have to issue a warning before they show pupils Al Gore’s controversial film about global warming, a judge indicated yesterday.

The move follows a High Court action by a father who accused the Government of ‘brainwashing’ children with propaganda by showing it in the classroom.

Stewart Dimmock said the former U.S. Vice-President’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is unfit for schools because it is politically biased and contains serious scientific inaccuracies and ‘sentimental mush’.

He wants the video banned after it was distributed with four other short films to 3,500 schools in February.

Mr Justice Burton is due to deliver a ruling on the case next week, but yesterday he said he would be saying that Gore’s Oscar-winning film does promote ‘partisan political views’. This means that teachers will have to warn...

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Jeder Leser, der verstehen will, warum die islamische Kultur von heute keine Zukunft hat, sollte den folgenden Aufsatz eines eminenten, pakistanischen Physikers gründlich lesen.

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This article grew out of the Max von Laue Lecture that I delivered earlier this year to celebrate that eminent physicist and man of strong social conscience. When Adolf Hitler was on the ascendancy, Laue was one of the very few German physicists of stature who dared to defend Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity. It therefore seems appropriate that a matter concerning science and civilization should be my concern here.

The question I want to pose—perhaps as much to myself as to anyone else—is this: With well over a billion Muslims and extensive material resources, why is the Islamic world disengaged from science and the process of...

When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as a model.

When the Hindu American Foundation began, it looked to groups like the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center for guidance with its advocacy and lobbying efforts.

Indian-Americans, who now number 2.4 million in this country, are turning to American Jews as role models and partners in areas like establishing community centers, advocating on civil rights issues and lobbying Congress.

Indians often say they see a version of themselves and what they hope to be in the experience of Jews in American politics: a small minority that has succeeded in combating prejudice and building political clout.

Sanjay Puri, the chairman of the...

Schaut man sich die Preisträger des echten Friedensnobelpreises (Kissinger! Arafat!) an, verliert man auch vor dieser Marke jeden Respekt. Dennoch ist die erfolgreich etablierte Bezeichnung “Alternative Nobelpreise” für die von Uexküllschen Schulterklopfer ein Euphemismus. Die NZZ merkt zu recht an: “Der Right Livelihood Award soll Personen und Initiativen ehren, die bei der Vergabe der Nobelpreise nicht beachtet werden. Allerdings haben sich die Vergabekriterien beider Preise in den vergangenen Jahren angenähert.” Bedenklich…

Wir gratulieren zum “Right Livelihood Award” (Kennt ein Leser eine brauchbare Übersetzung? “Preis für die richtige Weise, seinen Lebensunterhalt zu bestreiten” klingt ja angemessen dämlich.): Den Schmeisers!
Die ZEIT: “Percy und Louise Schmeiser wiederum hätten die Welt auf die Gefahren für die...

Anyone curious to know how Brazil has become what the former secretary of state, Colin L. Powell, calls an “agricultural superpower” — poised to overtake the United States as the world’s leading exporter of foodstuffs — would do well to start here in this busy network of government laboratories.

The sprawling labs and experimental fields are operated by Embrapa, Brazil’s agricultural and livestock research agency, and have become an obligatory stop for any third world leader visiting Brazil.

Although little known in North America, Embrapa has in three decades become a world research leader in tropical agriculture and is moving aggressively into areas like biotechnology and bio-energy.

“Embrapa is a model, not just for the so-called developing world, but for all countries,” said Mark Cackler, manager and acting...

Religious teen arrested for spraying swastikas on Haifa synagogue, collected Nazi items and was motivated by hate for religious Ashkenazi Jews. ‘Sephardi Jews are the superior race,’ he wrote.
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