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Indiscriminate slaughter from the air is a barbarism that must be abolished

16 Jan 2009 00.01 GMT: Simon Jenkins: From Vietnam and Iraq to Gaza today, history testifies that aerial bombing is an ineffective, intolerable military tactic

Standing against a tide of hatred

16 Jan 2009 10.00 GMT: Elizabeth Wurtzel: It is not Israel's action, but the vitriolic reaction to it that has been disproportionate. There's only one explanation: antisemitism

Labour has sided with the old, carbon-addicted economy

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16 Jan 2009 00.01 GMT: Editorial: Britain's world-leading response to climate change has lived and died in a few weeks

Generation Crunch need more than just McJobs

16 Jan 2009 00.01 GMT: Libby Brooks: The new apprenticeship scheme is welcome, but strict steps must be taken to ensure it is not just employers who benefit

The revolution at home

16 Jan 2009 09.30 GMT: David Shariatmadari: Remembering Iran's revolution: I might not have been there, but the events of 1979 coloured my childhood and changed my life

Rebuilding burned bridges

15 Jan 2009 19.30 GMT: Jeremy Greenstock: If a two-state solution still can be retrieved from the ruins of Gaza, then all sides will have to recognise Hamas as a partner to talks

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Penzance or Florence?

Far fewer Britons are flying abroad for their holidays as the economic downturn and the sinking pound is keeping them at home. What are your plans this year? Will you be home, or away?

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