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By Colette BrowneJustice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the "inconvenient truth" that the State’s doors "were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death" during the Holocaust.However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would be any…

Gay and lesbian film festivals can be an effective means to reach out and organise gays and lesbians living in isolated communities, according to this evaluation of the Out in Africa festival in South Africa commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Written by Marian Nell &…

by Claire Simpson MORE than 10 years after a bill of rights was first agreed in the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has presented its recommendations on the bill to the British government. The proposals are the culmination of a long…

By Lauren Foster When Mark Lachs, an internist who specialises in the care of the elderly, looks into the not-so-distant future, he sees millions of retirees and not enough doctors. The baby boomers are moving through the belly of the beast and are coming out…

One evening last spring, as a fierce north-easter tore through the New York region, Gara LaMarche settled in to watch The Sopranos and bake batches of muffins. The next morning, baked goodies safely stowed in Ziploc bags, he set off for the offices of The…

By Peter BeattleAMERICANS donated a staggering $290.89 billion to charities last year, notwithstanding the lingering effects of the global financial crisis. This was after a huge decline during 2008 and 2009, when donations dropped to levels not seen since the 1970s.  Australia's most generous philanthropist…

  Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer //   The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has ranked among the U.S.’s top 10 hospitals (according to U.S. News & World Report, 2012-13) for more than 10 years. Adding to its worldwide reputation in cardiovascular…

We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia's most liveable cities and among the world's top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…