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Lone wolves in search of a pack: home-grown terrorists in the 21st century

Richard King examines the phenomenon of the lone wolf terrorist in relation to the motivation ...  
Climate of procrastination: The curse of the short attention span

Unless we keep the pressure on our leaders, claims of progress at the Paris Climate Summit will ...  
French flirt with far right before sanity prevails

For a week, Marine le Pen’s extreme right Front National was the most popular political movement ...  
COP21: Euphoria as Paris finally seals the deal

In Paris on Saturday, 196 member states of the United Nations signed an important agreement aimed ...  
Why Australia doesn’t have a Bernie Sanders

Gerard May compares Australia's economic position with "The Great Recession" facing the U.S. and ...  
China's forgotten people of Xinjiang

Few people know the names of Rebiya Kadeer or Dolkun Isa or the struggle for self-determination ...  
ISIS fails to maintain anti-Muslim bigotry

ISIS is a misrepresentation of the Quran and does not reflect the true Muslim teachings — Bilal ...  
COP21: Fairness and justice for all humanity must guide our Paris decisions

When reaching decisions on how to tackle climate change, the industrialised rich West needs to ...  
Possible 2015 carbon emissions decline provides boost for COP21

With atmospheric CO2 at its highest levels in 800,000 years, news of a possible halt in emissions ...  
ISIS or Daesh!

Calling Daesh 'Islamic State', 'ISIS' or 'ISIL' serves the policy of this radical organisation and ...  
The nuclear industry is trying to hijack the Paris Climate Summit

The new Breakthrough Energy Coalition, backed by billionaires such as Bill Gates and supported by ...  
Malcolm Turnbull: Faking it in Paris

While the world enters a climate emergency, Malcolm Turnbull brings rhetoric to new heights at ...  
No Planet B, no Planet A

The waves are lapping at our Pacific Island neighbours' doors and all our political leaders can do ...  
Paris, COP21: Poor countries want 100 per cent renewables, not coal

RenewEconomy's Giles Parkinson reports from Paris on Australia's embarrassing stance at the COP21 ...  
Planet’s future hangs on Paris COP21 legacy

Scientists warn that any emissions reduction targets agreed at the UN climate summit that opens in ...  
Delhi: A climate change case study

Dangerous air-pollution levels in Delhi illustrate why multifactorial pollution must not be ...  
Why Native Americans regard Thanksgiving as a national day of mourning

Dr Gary Kohls examines why Minnesota Governors Ramsey and Sibley should be posthumously tried for ...  
Leaders will feel the heat in Paris

With global temperatures soaring, the pressure for a successful outcome in Paris will be huge ...  

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