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Having an opinion
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``EVERYTHING is relative" is a common phrase I kept hearing this past year. That’s what happens when you live with anthropologists. "No, not everything is relative" would be the polite patient comeback. The discussion would ensue, pursue and die down and everyone would go back to their rooms with a differing opinion to think and mull over.
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Updated: 11:58PM Thu, 26 Aug 2010
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Who foots the bill?
Natalie Shobana Ambrose
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STANDING in the heart of London, I stood admiring the massive lion sculptures that sit guarding Nelson’s very tall column. Looking up to the top of the column where Nelson stands, I imagined all the great things that took place in this space steeped in history from political demonstrations, World Cup victory celebrations, New Year festivities and not forgetting what it commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar. As I looked further towards the buildings surrounding Trafalgar Square, the sky was peppered with flags of different countries.
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Updated: 05:19PM Thu, 12 Aug 2010
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Whither judicial activism?
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THIS subject of judicial activism seems to be regularly discussed in public forums and in private. Chief Justice Robert French, the chief justice of the High Court of Australia referred to judicial activism as "ill defined concept". When an unexpected decision on any point of law is made, those supporting judicial activism will say that it is so. The conservatives on the other hand will say that such a decision is mere interpretation.
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Updated: 10:04AM Thu, 12 Aug 2010
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Discounting the old
By Natalie Shobana Ambrose
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ACCORDING to my friends, my laptop takes far too long to start up. Personally, I’m a huge fan of my little notebook and accustomed to its personality and hang-ups. However, when the time comes to replace it, I would actually buy the same model – perhaps in a different colour just to spice it up. It’s not because I’m a creature of habit but because it’s a really good laptop.
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Updated: 08:37AM Thu, 01 Jul 2010
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I am what I believe
Aston Paiva
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MALAYSIA has seen a fair share of cases involving religion. These include cases of people wanting to convert out of a religion, bodies being taken by religious authorities for burial and citizens being charged with spreading “deviationist teachings”.
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Updated: 11:10AM Thu, 27 May 2010
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