Day: November 19, 2014
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Philosopher kings versus philosopher presidents
By Robert Skidelsky London– When I recently met Irish President Michael Higgins – sharing a platform for a speech in which he connected his newly launched “ethics initiative” to a book I co-wrote with my son, How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life – I was struck by his devotion to thought. Indeed, engaging with ideas is…
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UNHCR starts relocation of 15,000 stranded South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
Matar Way Station, Ethiopia, – The UN refugee agency has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for a few months at a way station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due to live was flooded. A first group of 125 refugees left Matar Way Station on Monday and headed along…
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