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Published: June 14, 2007, 1:21 pm

just got back from a trip to South Africa. I would like to confirm that indeed the stars are different on the other side of the world, the water goes down the drain in the other direction, the sun arcs on the other side, and penguins live in dirt not on ice! It was CRAZY! Bands of marauding penguins ruthlessly hunt down

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'Six of the best' for Rowan

Published: July 26, 2007, 1:01 pm

Tags: Archbishop Of Canterbury, Church Of England, Global South, Lambeth Conference

See our report today on another Lambeth boycott threat, this time from none other than the mother ship herself. Up to 60 per cent of the CofE's bishops might boycott Lambeth, according to our fifth most senior bishop, Winton. And...

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Synod Days 2,3 & 4

Published: July 9, 2007, 10:24 am

Tags: Anglican Communion, Church Of England, Disestablishment, Gay Debate, Global South, Liturgy

The importance of the debate on the Anglican Covenant that we report in today's paper cannot be underestimated. Had it been successfully stopped at this point, the signal to the rest of the Anglican Communion, as well as the Church's...

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Peter Akinola: 'Unity will never be at the expense of truth'

Published: July 4, 2007, 4:56 pm

Tags: Africa, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Gay Debate, Global South, Peter Akinola

I was privileged to be given the opportunity the other day to go and meet the Primate of Nigeria, Peter Akinola for an unprecedentedly frank interview. We spoke in his office in Abuja. One focus was the kind of man...

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Support Artists for a New South Africa

Published: July 17, 2007, 11:31 am

Tags: Charity, Artists For A New South Africa, American Express

from Artists for a new South Africa. I am reproducing it here on request. It's a lengthy posting... Artists for a New South AfricaANSA's American Express Members Projecthas been voted into the Top 25!With the help of ANSA's amazing supporters, our project 6841 - Help African Children Orphaned by AIDSwas selected

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Language, Reality and Political Correctness

Published: July 16, 2007, 4:45 pm

Tags: Schwul, Kaffir, Political Correctness, South Africa, Language

an interesting piece from South Africa. Lupi Ngcayisa, a black radio DJ referred to blacks in some context as 'kaffirs'. Well, 'kaffir' is a racist slur used (so wiki sez) most often by white South Africans to describe black people or people with darker skin colour. Kaffir is also used by Jamaican Indians to describe African Caribbeans in a

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Where to ... cage dive with crocs

Published: July 28, 2007, 4:43 pm

Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Wildlife Holidays, Diving, South Africa

Forget cage diving with sharks - that's so last season - the latest thrill for adrenaline junkies is crocodile cage diving.

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Musharraf urged to quit army post

Published: July 29, 2007, 11:27 am

Tags: South Asia

Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf must quit as military chief if he wants to go on as president, says ex-PM Bhutto.