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Sep 23 2009 6:24PM
actions need to follow systematic examination

The Guardian today has two very different reports on rape. One focuses on a government review on how rape cases are handled here in the UK while the other looks at the prison sentence for a man in South Africa who was jailed for the...

Sep 23 2009 10:37AM
Ahmadinejad is not My president!

The following video is the work of a group of Iranians in New York. Please watch to the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv4ZLd4kZcI This week the unelected president of Iran is attending the UN General Assembly and will speak on...

Sep 22 2009 4:27PM
Dying for a right to health - pregnant women in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone one in every eight pregnant woman will die. It’s staggering to think that this could be so when the threat of dying in childbirth is so unlikely in the UK. Pregnant women in Sierra Leone die from a number of reasons...

Sep 22 2009 4:08PM
Welcome to Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott!!

Matt Baggott, the new Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland finally gets to try out his new desk today and will probably take a moment to reflect on the size of the task that awaits him. The term ‘baptism of fire’...

Sep 22 2009 1:52PM
An inspiring story from Liberia, on More4

Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia in west Africa, is on trial in the Hague accused of war crimes. How was he overthrown? It was largely thanks to the women of Liberia, as shown in True Stories: Pray the Devil Back to Hell...