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Jan 2 2009 9:35PM
Unreported World in Nigeria - Child Brides

Tonight's Unreported World on Channel Four, Nigeria: Child Brides, Stolen Lives , showed some of the dreadful consequences of girls marrying and becoming pregnant when too young. Unreported World takes us to places around the world and...

Dec 31 2008 10:06AM
BULLDOZING THE BEDOUIN

I'm just back from a trip to Israel where I witnessed a Bedouin village being razed to the ground by security forces, and Sunday Herald in Scotland published the following article. Israel is forcibly removing Bedouin Arabs from land...

Dec 30 2008 8:02PM
New Year's Wishes

"Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice." - Arnold...

Dec 29 2008 1:23PM
Israel and Gaza

Israel has launched massive strikes against Gaza, leading to many deaths and injuries. Hospitals and other public services in Gaza were already struggling due to lack of supplies even before these latest attacks. An editorial in the...

Dec 29 2008 12:39PM
Poetry against the Vietnam War - Adrian Mitchell

Adrian Mitchell , 1932 – 2008, was a poet who aimed to make his poetry easy for people to read and understand. He came to public attention when he used poetry against the war in Vietnam and read his Tell me lies about Vietnam at a...