"The question of preserving biological diversity is on the same scale as climate protection, " she said.

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Klein carefully couched a question about whether he was the biological father of Jackson's children.

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In the absence of a nuclear-arms programme, chemical or biological weapons, or any credible links between the Iraqi regime and al-Qaeda, the question is what American national interest was at stake that justified sacrificing the lives of American and Iraqi soldiers and civilians, straining ties with America's oldest allies and riding roughshod over international institutions?

ECONOMIST: Was war warranted?