FRANCIA" "

Una priorità disattesa” “

Centinaia di auto sono state date alle fiamme e decine di autobus sono stati distrutti in un incendio appiccato a un loro deposito. Cinque agenti sono stati colpiti dalle sassaiole ingaggiate dai giovani mentre numerosi sono stati gli arresti. Sono notti di violenza nelle periferie parigine ma anche in altre località della Francia. Palcoscenico degli […]

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CHARLES DE FOUCAULD" "

Cristiano d’Europa in terra islamica” “

Domenica 13 novembre Papa Benedetto XVI beatificherà Charles de Foucauld, il grande esploratore francese e testimone del Vangelo tra i Tuareg del Sahara. Nato a Strasburgo il 15 settembre 1858 condusse una vita intensa che lo portò nei Paesi dell’Africa del Nord: Tunisia, Algeria, Marocco. Poi l’incontro con la fede, la conversione ed un viaggio […]

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PRIMA PAGINA" "

Dichiarazione di pace ” “

Pubblichiamo il testo della “Dichiarazione di Lione”: una “carta” per la pace, approvata nei giorni scorsi da Signis, associazione cattolica mondiale per la comunicazione, in occasione dell’assemblea che, convocata nella città francese, procederà il 9 novembre all’approvazione di alcune modifiche statutarie, all’elezione del presidente, che succederà a Peter Malone, e dei vicepresidenti. I partecipanti all’assemblea, […]

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Business climate improving ” “

For the fifth consecutive month the so-called “Business Climate Indicator” registered an improvement. Calculated on a monthly basis by the Commission with the aim of providing a clear and as prompt as possible an assessment of the cyclical situation of the economy in the Eurozone, the Business Climate Indicator is calculated by using opinion polls […]

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Inflation falling” “

According to the service “Rapid estimates of the Index of consumer prices of the Monetary Union (IPCUM)” – furnished by Eurostat – the rate of annual inflation of the Eurozone for October 2005 is equivalent to 2.5%, a tenth of a percentage point lower than the figure for September. The rapid estimate – a particularly […]

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Agricultural negotiations with the WTO” “

The European Commission tabled new European Community proposals at the World Trade Organization (WTO) last week, relating to the current round of negotiations for the determination of future tariffs of international trade. The so-called “Doha Round” – which ought to be concluded by the end of next year – is currently taking place on three […]

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Economic sentiment in Europe” “

The European Commission’s General Directorate for Economy and Finance has published the data relating to the economic climate in the European Union for October 2005. So-called “economic sentiment” is an indicator that reflects the general economic activity of the EU, and combines assessments and expectations based on surveys of various business sectors (manufacturing, services, building […]

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European Parliament and biotechnologies” “

The European Parliament recently intervened on the question of biotechnologies, the ‘patentability’ of human cloning and research on stem cells. On 26 October the EP adopted a “resolution” that underlines the importance of these areas of research, but at the same time stresses the legal uncertainty about whether or not some applications can be patented. […]

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european union" "

Values to be defended” “

“Europe is a community of values, to be defended, but also to be re-interpreted in a rapidly changing scenario. In this sense EU legislation and policies are called to come to terms with ethics”, says EMMANUE L Agius. He is one of the 15 members of the European Group for Ethics in Science and the […]

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review of ideas " "

Islam and Enlightenment” “

The Islamic world has a need for an “Enlightenment”; it needs to experience a form of secularism “that still does not exist, unless in those Muslims educated in Western culture”, and attempt an “historical reading of the Koran” that would interpret the Book as “an historical document, written by a human being”, suggests Samir Khalil […]

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