He never got a clear answer but the encounter was a telling one nevertheless.< The company, Trafigura finds itself being sued on behalf of more than 7,000 Ivorians who allegedly became sick when a company commissioned by Trafigura...

Nepal here we come...

Other stuff in the news today is that horrific video posted on the Internet of two men being killed execution style. Detail of the killing is absolutely appalling but thankfully the videos been removed from www.livejournal.ru. The...

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...

The stories of millions of midnights children who were forced to flee their homes to the other side of the new Pakistan-India border in August 1947 are horrific millions of people slaughtered and made homeless . Some of these can be...