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Entries from April 2005

Hold Your Peace – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bishop Carlos FX Belo

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Fillipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he traveled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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Tags: Asia Books magazine · features · interviews

Bishop Carlos FX Belo interview

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he travelled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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Tags: Asia Books magazine · interviews

Dr Hans Blix interview

April 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Truth is often cited as the first casualty of war. For former chief weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix, the US-led invasion of Iraq left another ideal seriously wounded – critical thought. In a world increasingly fragmented along religious, economic and geopolitical lines, he says the need for governments to examine complex issues through rational thought, […]

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Tags: Asia Books magazine · interviews