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  • 10 Nov 2009
    Church near Berlin Wall hosts event to mark its role in epochal change

    Germany's political and church leaders have marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall on 9 November with an ecumenical service at the Protestant church in eastern Berlin which played a key role in the events.

  • 10 Nov 2009
    Bankers are doing "God's work", says Goldman Sachs boss

    The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has suggested that bankers are doing “God's work” and that banks have a "social purpose". His remarks were described as “frankly astonishing” by Church Action on Poverty.

  • 9 Nov 2009
    Politicians and generals struggle with public opinion over Afghanistan

    Politicians and generals have been struggling to justify the Afghan war after a poll revealed the extent of public opposition. They have put forward different, and at times contradictory, arguments for keeping UK troops in Afghanistan.

  • 8 Nov 2009
    Fur and feathers challenge tarred politics

    These days it isn’t just anxious looking MPs and peers, lobbyists, civil servants, journalists and security officials you’ll find wandering near Westminster, says Simon Barrow. Among other unexpected visitors have been Batman, a troupe of clowns, Basil Brush and his foxy friends, a group of zombies and a super-sized duck home

  • 8 Nov 2009
    Tutu praises Boesak for putting people power ahead of party politics

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lauded the decision by anti-apartheid icon and former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Rev Allan Boesak to quit party politics and join "God's party".

  • 7 Nov 2009
    Integrity corrupted

    I’m sure that I’m not the only person feeling somewhat taken aback by the Prime Minister’s comments yesterday about corruption in Afghanistan.

  • 5 Nov 2009
    The Berlin Wall fell in many places

    The political and social shock waves caused by weeks of pro-democracy protests in East Germany followed by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, were felt around the world, says Stephen Brown. They still resonate today, and have important theological implications.

  • 5 Nov 2009
    Nuclear waste project under pressure as advisor resigns

    The resignation of an advisor who accused the Ministry of Defence of “ignoring its own advisory group” has called into question the future of a project aimed at dismantling nuclear submarines in central Plymouth.

  • 5 Nov 2009
    MP's told not to 'duck the challenge' of political reform

    Bonfire Night is coming home to Parliament again this year, with a special floating effigy heading down river to remind MPs not to "duck the challenge" of political reform.

  • 2 Nov 2009
    Ayatollah asked to retract Iran election criticism 'crime' comment

    Amnesty International has called on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to retract his recent statement that criticising the outcome of June’s presidential election is "a crime".