Snaptu: Video: Terry Pratchett on religion: 'I'd rather be a rising ape than a fallen angel'

At the Guardian Book Club, bestselling author Terry Pratchett gives his views on science and religion

John Mullan

Andy Gallagher

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/video/2009/dec/19/terry-pratchett-religion

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Snaptu: Gaza must be rebuilt now | Jimmy Carter

We can wait no longer to restart the peace process. The human suffering demands urgent relief

It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/19/gaza-rebuilt-peace-process-suffering

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Snaptu: From Guantánamo to where? | Dimitrina Petrova

Those kept in detention by the US only because there's nowhere else to send them deserve to be released on American soil

The decision by President...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/19/guantanamo-america

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Snaptu: How the Copenhagen text was changed

National leaders and sleep-deprived negotiators thrashed out a text late last night that could determine the balance of power in the world and...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/18/how-copenhagen-text-was-changed

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Big Brother

UK surveillance cameras stir big brother fears | News.com.au

FEARS are growing of "big brother" local governments in the UK after it was revealed they have greatly increased the number of CCTV surveillance cameras.

Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch reported that 418 local authorities now control 59,753 cameras.

Ten years ago the total was 21,000.

Director Alex Deane said the rise of the expensive "surveillance networks" had made little impact on the crime figures they were designed to cut.

A London Metropolitan Police study found only one crime is solved every year for every 1,000 CCTV cameras.

Often CCTV footage requested by police is too grainy or the tapes have been lost.