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No pitches, no jerseys, but African soccer flourishes
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Commercialised sport has finally become a part of African life, as current interest in the World Cup shows.
Harvard’s stem cell misstep
Harvard University has given the cause of therapeutic cloning the backing of its immense prestige. A stem cell scientist tells
MercatorNet that this is based on inflated hopes and bad science.
Oath Betrayed: doctors in the war on terror
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Have American doctors and other health personnel cooperated in the abuse and torture of suspected terrorists? Yes, says medical ethicist Steven Miles in this exclusive interview.
FOCUS ON EUROPE�S FUTURE Zapatero reinvents Spain
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Spaniards used to be famed as fervent Catholics. But a new socialist government seems determined to change all that.
The MercatorNet IdeaFest
In a globalised world, mediocre teaching is doomed
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Why can’t the Western world produce talented, enthusiastic teachers? By 2036 it will be forced to.
FOCUS ON EUROPE?S FUTURE
Putin warns of demographic doom
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Russia's president recently told his people that demographic decline is their number one problem.
FOCUS ON EUROPE?S FUTURE
Sarkozy calls for a deal with Muslims
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A leading French presidential aspirant wants to reinterpret immutable secular dogmas to integrate Muslim citizens.
The MercatorNet IdeaFest
Farewell to government?s iron grip on healthcare
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By 2020 you’ll fly to superb clinics in Bangkok or New Delhi if you want cheaper and quicker treatment.
FOCUS ON FOOD
The economy begins in the kitchen
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Setting time aside for family dinners might seem insignificant, but when Mao Tse-Tung abolished them, 30 million people died.
FOCUS ON FOOD
Neurotic standards for professionals and none for me
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If order, clean design, a good state of repair and well-mannered personnel are signs of a well-run business, why not of a good home?
Picking soccer winners
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Backing winners is a game governments play as well as gamblers. The World Cup is a chance to see which succeeds.
FOCUS ON FOOD
Hungry souls
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When we sit down to a family meal we are feeding more than our bodies; we are actually nourishing our souls, says philosopher Thomas Hibbs.
Red card for World Cup hangers-on
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Well-publicised protests against forced prostitution around World Cup venues avoid the real problem.
Swan Town
A new children's novel about Shakespeare's daughter gives fascinating insights into Elizabethan England.
African families fighting Western pressures
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Family-unfriendly ideas are being imported from the West, but traditional African values are robust and resilient.
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