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Friday 21 November 2008
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The suicide bomber to many, symbolises the disaffected rage of political Islam. But what about true Islam - what is it, has it a future, and is theological debate on the table? We speak to three eminent Islamic scholars, debunking the myths and debating the issues, for Islam, a religion under attack.
This program was originally broadcast on 1/4/2002.
Han van Meegeren was one of the greatest art forgers of the twentieth-century.
Between the wars he revolutionised the world's understanding of Vermeer by inventing a 'missing religious phase' in the artist's career - a swindle which was a feat of intellect as much as of skill.
Thursday 20 November 2008
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This is the story of Paul Schaefer, a one-eyed German paedophile, who set up a utopian religious community in a remote part of Chile. He called the place Colonia Dignidad, or 'dignity colony', but there wasn't much dignity going around.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
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For many years, the relics of World War II littered the jungles and beaches of the South Pacific. But now, a lot of those relics are vanishing, not just to time and tide—but to collectors. There's a big and lucrative market, especially, for the last of the Pacific warplanes.
A new war is being fought over what's left of these old battlefields, a fight between the people who want to salvage and restore the warplanes and those who say they should now be left where they are.
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The world was scandalised recently when news broke that milk adulterated with the toxic chemical melamine had killed four and poisoned many thousands of Chinese babies. This week, the US issued a nationwide 'import alert' for Chinese-made food products.
Tuesday 18 November 2008
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This week Bruce talks about the possibility of Hillary Clinton being offered the post of secretary of state, which partly depends on whether or not husband Bill Clinton's business and charitable interests have links to any dubious funding sources.
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Things are going from bad to worse in Somalia, a country racked by chaos for 17 years. Just days ago, the president admitted that the Somali government is on the 'verge of total collapse.'
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Paul Stiles has worked for the US Navy, the National Security Agency, and in the bear pit, trading bonds at Merrill Lynch. Then, still only in his 40s, he walked away from it all to live on a Spanish island. His fascination now is with idea of the market— not just the stock market, the global market, or the free market, but the Market with a capital 'M', a huge, but unacknowledged force in our lives.
Monday 17 November 2008
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It's the first anniversary of the Rudd government next Monday and this week Laura Tingle reflects on Kevin Rudd's front bench and the important relationships that have been effectively formed despite how and why Rudd chose it.
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'Who is responsible?' is a question asked as to who will be accountable for the deaths of asylum seekers who were rejected by Australia and sent back to their own country or another one when it was determined by Australian immigration officials that they did not have a case for a well founded fear of their lives.
A well-founded fear will screen on SBS on Wednesday 19 November at 8:30pm.
www.novemberfilms.com.au/films/a-well-founded-fear
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