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“Evolution in the sense of common ancestry might be true, but evolution in the neo-Darwinian sense – an unguided, unplanned process of random variation and natural selection – is not.”

Christoph Schönborn, cardinal archbishop of Vienna and close associate of Pope Benedict XVI, attempts to clarify the late Pope John Paul II’s 1996 statement which said evolution was “more than just a hypothesis” (The New York Times, 7 July)

“I asked the president if he gave me permission to put the neutralisation plan into action. He gave me his agreement.”

Admiral Pierre Lacoste, head of France’s intelligence service 20 years…

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