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Alarm bells ring on data retention
DATA RETENTION - the storage of revealing citizen phone, mobile, e-mail and internet usage records - is a fraught and contentious area, pitting the right to privacy against the fight against crime. The problem lies in finding a judicious balance between personal privacy and public safety. p
China and the Dalai Lama
YESTERDAY'S NEWS that the Chinese government is to reopen talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama about Tibet is welcome and timely. It came as Chinese leaders were meeting a delegation of European Union leaders in Beijing, thereby acknowledging deep international concern on the issue. p
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Lisbon Treaty aims to update European Union's rulebook
Rather than being a standalone document, the treaty is an amending text to the existing rules governing the operation of the EU, writes Mark Callanan pCowen's FF will be redolent of Lemass model
Tight discipline and party loyalty in Cowen's constituency may be a sign of things to come, writes Noel Whelan pOur unfair education system doesn't bear examination
Home-educated pupils face discrimination as examiners may refuse to mark coursework, writes Breda O'Brien pAbility to let the past go crucial to Ahern's successes
INSIDE POLITICS: The Taoiseach deserved his day in the sun and the acknowledgment of his Dáil colleagues, writes Stephen Collins pTibet protests fuel Chinese resentment
WORLD VIEW/Paul Gillespie: WHEN WE were the Sick Man of Asia, We were called the Yellow Peril. When we are billed to be the next superpower, we are called the threat. pState funding of elections preferable to private donations
The existing law on contributions to political parties is clearly defective, writes Garret FitzGerald pTHIS WEEK THEY SAID
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An Irishman's Diary
LIKE THE returning swallows, press releases about literary summer schools are welcome harbingers of the warmer months to come. The first of them have been fluttering into my e-mail inbox for weeks now, writes Frank McNally p
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