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  • 20 Mar 2011
    Concern mounts over impact of Western action in Libya

    Global concern is growing over the military action taken by US, UK and French forces in Libya, both in terms of its short- and long-term impact.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    Bombing will not democratize Libya, warns thinktank

    The beliefs and values thinktank Ekklesia has warned that bombing Libya is unlikely to help the country move towards democracy and will increase the suffering of its people.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    Return of the 'crusading spirit'?

    This morning I turned on my radio to a sick sense of deja vu, with the news of war in Libya. Eight years to the day that George Bush announced attacks on Iraq, a stony faced President Obama did the same as he spoke to reporters in Brasilia.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    Military action in Libya and 'liberal interventionism'

    The recent history of western military interventions in the Middle East is hardly encouraging. Yet British PM David Cameron has clearly been itching to begin the bombing in Libya, and US President Obama has also sanctioned armed action - in spite of serious warnings from advisers in and outside the White House.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    US demonstrations against Libyan military intervention

    Protesters have taken to the streets in New York, Chicago, Washington DC and other US cities as bombing raids begin against the Gaddafi regime in Libya.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    Protests as UK joins 'irresponsible' bombing raids on Libya

    Peace campaigners say that the UK and US military action in Libya is "dangerous and irresponsible", risking wider conflict and the strengthening of Gaddafi

  • 19 Mar 2011
    Amnesty concerned for civilians as Libya war breaks out

    Amnesty International has urged all parties to make the protection of civilians in Libya their top priority as the threat of military action is realised.

  • 16 Mar 2011
    Buddhist peace activists come to Oxford

    Monks and nuns from Plum Village peace community in the South of France have brought their experiences of Buddhism's art of awakened living to Oxford.

  • 14 Mar 2011
    Kenyan politician praises African faiths for peacemaking role

    A Kenyan politician has praised the faiths in Africa for taking a leading role in peace-making through practical aid and dialogue activities.

  • 27 Oct 2010
    History today: war religion, peace religion

    Today and tomorrow, 27 & 28 October, are key dates in Christian history. Constantine's 'vision of the Cross' in 312, and his attribution of military victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge the next day to God, was the beginning of Christendom in Europe - an era which mixed civilisation with bloodshed, saints with militarism, and faith with often brutal sacralised-secular power.