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The EP’s foreign affairs committee has called on the Muslim Brotherhood to return to the negotiation table and give up violence. The committee held a special meeting on 28 August, during which members debated how to get the troubled country back on the track to democracy.

UNESCO / Professor Maamoun Abdul Karim,
The Al-Omari Mosque

The European Commission and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) agreed to extend their cooperation in strengthening public media in the countries of the European Neighbourhood.

China’s official media recently published a series of articles warning against the establishment of a Western-style constitution-based political system. Analysts said this is a reaction to growing public demand for a political system that puts the Communist Party under the rule of law, not above it.

Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova.

Screen Australia announced over $3.2 million investment in 10 documentaries, generating almost $10 million in production.

Hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous rowers arrive by canoe in Manhattan en route to UN Headquarters in New York City to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Are Muslims effective participants in governance or are they victims of policies over which they have little say? This is just one of the debates, featuring contributions from academics, think-tanks, policy-makers and the voluntary and community sectors, taking place on an innovative new on-line faith and public policy forum hosted by the University of Bristol and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).