Neil Durkin

So 10 people have been arrested over the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskayas murder last year. Its a welcome development, certainly - far too many killers of journalists and opponents of Putins government have been getting away with...

The Independent does go in for some pretty striking front pages , doesnt it? Todays is a corker: a moody photo of an electric chair with Bushs lethal legacy: more executions strap. The storys about how there are new moves in the US to...

As we mentioned on Friday - big news on the Kenny Richey case. This man from Scotland whos been on death row in the USA for a staggering 20 years, has won an appeal that could see him finally released. An appeals court in Ohio said...

There are more and more reports overnight that Pakistans President Musharraf is about to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan, another worrying development in a country thats really suffering right now. After the killings at the...

I mentioned it in an earlier blog - the issue of the Iraqi interpreters who have worked for UK forces in Iraq and are being denied help by the UK - and the situations now really blown up. After days of coverage, including high-profile...

More unbelievably grisly news from Iraq today (when isnt there?), this time about a young boy found next to the bodies of his five brothers, all of whom had been killed while doing a painting job at a hospital. I feel almost sorry to...

As the mighty Supremes once sang, you cant hurry love, you just have to wait - but were also apparently going to have to wait generations for gender equality in Britain. As the mighty Supremes once sang, you cant hurry love, you just...