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But in rejecting that intolerance, let's not kid ourselves that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a champion of women's rights. I have attended meetings where his Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies chose not to shake my hand simply because I'm a woman. I know that...
HOW IT BREAKS DOWN In his 360-word apology, Rudd said "sorry" three times. An official commission deemed the assimilation policy genocide in 1997. Today the life expectancy of Aborigines is still 17 years shorter than other Australians. The test will be whether Rudd's powerful symbolism leads to real...
And it comes just three months after the Commission proposed measures copying the U.S. practice of requiring airlines that fly into the country to transmit detailed passenger data before the flight's arrival. The E.U. data system would store 19 pieces of sensitive passenger data for 13 years, including e...
It is a very 21st century conundrum: how can modern, open democracies provide basic homeland security in a world with nearly limitless mobility? On Wednesday, the European Commission tried to answer that by unveiling a border management plan calling for fingerprinting all foreign visitors to the European Union.
An estimated 8 million illegal immigrants live in the E.U.; in 2006, 500,000 of them were apprehended, and around 40% of these were removed. Officials say the Commission proposals will help E.U. customs, police and justice authorities better manage the estimated 300 million external border crossings each year at...