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...what's in your heart? Previously, you've sounded like a right-wing ideologue. My view would be that in the last nine years the Labour government has seen the state as arguably the sole provider of services. In fact, [former Finance Minister] Michael Cullen has given a number of speeches in which he's said it's only the redemptive power of the state that can provide successful outcomes. Well, quite simply, my government wouldn't support that. We do believe in the engagement of the private and NGO sectors and their ability to provide solutions to problems...
...short list for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Though there are plenty of pro-choice Catholic politicians in Western Europe, this issue tends to get played out more openly in the U.S., both because of the country's superpower status and its vocal traditionalist wing of the church...
...gracious concession speech, he had to pause to quiet his supporters as they booed at the mention of Obama's name. If McCain had conducted his campaign with the grace and honor he showed in defeat instead of stirring up the worst instincts among his party's right-wing base, the outcome of the election might have been different. Bernadette Pruitt, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS...
...leadership, there were signs that Txeroki did not command the undissenting loyalty of his entire circle. Even the fellow hardliner, Francisco Javier Peña (alias Thierry) who represented ETA in its peace talks with the Spanish government, reportedly angered Txeroki by cutting funding to the military wing in an effort to prevent an attack prior to the start of negotiations. Arrested himself May, Thierry is also believed to have opposed the Barajas bombing on strategic grounds...
...Cases have been building before this week. Rangarajan cites a blast in the central Indian city of Kanpur in August as one, in which two people associated with a Hindu right-wing organization were killed while making explosives. In June, the Hindu nationalist political party Shiv Sena got much flak for calling for the creation of Hindu "suicide squads". "Islamic terrorism is on the rise in India and in order to counter Islamic terrorism, we should match it with Hindu terrorism," an unsigned editorial in the Shiv Sena's official newspaper said. Hindu right-wing organizations have been blamed...