EIGHT people found guilty of negligence for their roles in Union Carbide gas disaster… http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8725140.stm

Colombia goes to the polls in the final round of its Presidential elections on 20 June, and the retirement of President Uribe means that there will inevitably be a new President elected. But one thing doesn't change, despite the claims...

As the heated debate (including on this blog ) over Israel’s interdiction of the Gaza aid convoy has shown, there are two sides to every story. (Or in some cases about 38). With claim and counter-claim over the nature of Israel’s...

A version of thie piece appears in today's Belfast Telegraph . It's not currently in the online edition so am posting below instead: One of my friend Mairead Maguire's favourite items of clothing is an old t-shirt. It bears the image...

It has been 20 years since June Fourth, but there are still eight so-called“thugs” who are still being held. They are Zhu Gengsheng ( 朱更生 ), Li Yujun ( 李玉君 ), Chang Jingqiang (常景强), Yang Pu ( 杨璞 ), Jiang Yaqun ( 姜亚群 ), Miao Deshun (...