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May 14 2010 2:59PM
Mr Hague goes to Washington

… and like “Mr Smith” in the Capra film classic , he takes on the vested interests of the Washington political machinery and undergoes a personal transformation in the process. He comes back home a wiser, sadder man, but one who has...

May 14 2010 2:38PM
Shrin Ebadi appeals to the UN High Commissioner

Mrs Navanethem PillayUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsPalais des NationsCH-1211 Geneva 10Switzerland Friday, 14 May 2010 Your Excellency Mrs Navanethem...

May 14 2010 2:35PM
Shirin Ebadi appeals to the Un human rights commissioner

Mrs Navanethem PillayUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsPalais des NationsCH-1211 Geneva 10Switzerland Friday, 14 May 2010 Your Excellency Mrs Navanethem...

May 14 2010 1:14PM
The Belfast Slave Ship Company

In 1786, a meeting was organised by a merchant called Waddell Cunningham just returned to Belfast from New York where he’d made his fortune in trade. The meeting was held in the Assembly rooms (the old Northern Bank building) on...

May 13 2010 3:56PM
It's just not cricket in Sri Lanka

OK I’ll own up. I’m a big sports fan. And today I’ll have to admit that I’ve got half an eye on events in St Lucia. At 4.30 this afternoon England take on Sri Lanka for a place in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup. Can the England...