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The sceptics are skating on thin ice

9 Jan 2009 13.30 GMT: George Monbiot: Frozen lakes and ponds used as ice rinks are fun, but a brief cold spell is no reason to deny that climate change is taking place

New hope for Georgia

9 Jan 2009 17.00 GMT: Eka Tkeshelashvili: Today's alliance with the US will help ensure the sovereignty of Georgia in the face of Russian aggression

A bar on equal opportunity

9 Jan 2009 12.32 GMT: Afua Hirsch: No wonder aspiring women and non-white lawyers show no appetite for the practice of literally eating your way to the top

Why Israel is united

9 Jan 2009 00.01 GMT: Carlo Strenger: Disdain for the tactics and ideology of Hamas has led to wide support for the Gaza operation

Not in my name

9 Jan 2009 15.03 GMT: Brian Klug: In the midst of the carnage in Gaza, it defies belief that my synagogue has asked me to march in solid support of Israel

A temple to science

9 Jan 2009 14.00 GMT: Susan McCarthy: What happens when scientific data is dressed up in religious clothing?

What's in a beard?

9 Jan 2009 10.00 GMT: Paul MacInnes: The chin rug has a rich, thick and slightly itchy history but the message it conveys, as Prince William surely knows, is: outsider

Poll

My other car is...

Cristiano Ronaldo crashed his Ferrari. He fortunately had many other cars available, and was spotted driving his Bentley later in the day. For those of us who don't have the luxury to collect cars, which brand would you choose?

(59%)

(41%)

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