Political tracts: The good, the bad and the badly written
WAR, DEMOCRACY & REFUGEES With an election looming you can bet that our cash-strapped publishing industry is preparing to unleash another...
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Christopher Kremmer
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'A practised eye for detail and a novelist's love for the riches of language'
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Sidekick Howard's Iraq War doomed Afghan peace hopes
WAR, DEMOCRACY & REFUGEES The shambolic withdrawal of Western forces, and the Taliban victory in Afghanistan owed much to two men: George...
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ESSAY: Is War Too Easy, asks CHRISTOPHER KREMMER
WAR, DEMOCRACY & REFUGEES 28 December 2002 Confronted by the prospect of war in the Hindu battle epic The Mahabharata, the hero Arjuna...
Christopher Kremmer
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Recruiting a holy army of hate
WAR, DEMOCRACY & REFUGEES 19 October 2002 CHRISTOPHER KREMMER profiles the radical Muslim leader who wants to turn South-East Asia into...
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A suicide bomber comes calling in Colombo,
INDO-PACIFIC STORIES 20 December 1999 CHRISTOPHER KREMMER reports for The Sydney Morning Herald Manicured lawns stained with blood, the...
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TO SIR WITH LOVE
INDO-PACIFIC STORIES 7 February 1998 Arthur C. Clarke denies he admitted pedophilia, but the allegations against the author are proving...
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The Tiger's Claw
INDO-PACIFIC STORIES 8 November 2003 A constitutional coup in Sri Lanka jeopardised a promising dialogue, writes Christopher Kremmer in...
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Culture Wars Casualty
RELIGION & CULTURE 6 December 2003 One of Australia's top Aboriginal bureaucrats, Dawn Casey took on Howard's men and paid the price, as...
Christopher Kremmer
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History in the blood
RELIGION & CULTURE 22 October 2005 CHRISTOPHER KREMMER catches up with his extended family for a special anniversary (Spectrum Sydney...
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Hillchange
RELIGION & CULTURE 26 December 2002 They come from the Big Smoke - refugees from outrageous real estate prices or those liberated by the...
Christopher Kremmer
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Ramadan: Empty belly, nourished soul
RELIGIONS & CULTURES 28 July 2014 Joining millions of Muslims worldwide in their annual fast was an illuminating and ultimately enriching...
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Asia's nuclear sideshow: why the West may grin and bear it
ENDANGERED PLANET 25 July 1998 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER, in New Delhi for the Sydney Morning Herald The world shuddered at the prospect of...
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A Deadly silence on Nuclear Proliferation
ENDANGERED PLANET 17 May 2003 by Christopher Kremmer, for the Sydney Morning Herald FOR almost half a century nuclear weapons poisoned...
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The 'Hindu' Bomb,
ENDANGERED PLANET 16 May 1998 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER, in New Delhi for the Sydney Morning Herald INDIA'S Hindu nationalists are partying....
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A Writer damns a big dam
INDIA Sydney Morning Herald 4 September 1999 Story by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER, for Spectrum SHE has gifted her Booker Prize winnings to the...
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Pilgrims' progress
INDIA 3 March 2001 Story by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER for The Good Weekend As millions of Hindus gathered in January for a holy dip, the...
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Protests take wind out of explorer's sails
INDIA 21 June 1997 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER, Sydney Morning Herald correspondent in New Delhi As Britain prepares to give up its last Asian...
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Simple people crushed by giant forces
AFGHANISTAN 4 June 1998 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER Sydney Morning Herald Correspondent in Kol, Northern Afghanistan They thought the shaking...
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'Life is finished' as Taliban force women out of sight
AFGHANISTAN 7 June 1997 by Christopher Kremmer, Sydney Morning Herald correspondent in Mazar-e Sharif The Taliban briefly occupied the...
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Eye for an eye justice the greatest entertainment in town
AFGHANISTAN 16 May 1998 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER Sydney Morning Herald Correspondent in Kabul THE Afghan capital, once an island of...
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Opium finances Taliban war
AFGHANISTAN 10 May 1997 by CHRISTOPHER KREMMER, Sydney Morning Herald correspondent in Kandahar. AHMAD Gul bends down in his field of...
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BENAZIR BHUTTO: 1953-2007
OBITUARY 29 December 2007 Forever stalked by shadow of violence by Christopher Kremmer Benazir Bhutto was a fighter, a brave woman in a...
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Islam's Dr Strangelove
PROFILE 6 June 1998 Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has been called Pakistan's Einstein. CHRISTOPHER KREMMER in Islamabad profiles the scientist in...
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OSAMA BIN LADEN: 1957-2011
OBITUARY 3 May 2011 Global franchise of fear changed the way we live By Christopher Kremmer Whether we like it or not, the name of Osama...
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