by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
The coup in Thailand (19 September, 2006) remains a great puzzle for many. The issue is not so much why it has happened, but its popularity. There were reports of people giving flowers and cold drinks to soldiers on the streets. In Chiangmai, kids would not stop...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
Toward the beginning of the Saddam Hussein’s second trial for genocide against the Kurdish people, three different coloured posters appeared on the streets of Suleimaniya. On one, the face of a frightened Saddam Hussein peered out behind jailhouse bars. The...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
As the party conference season is confirming, there are few places in British political life more crowded than the centre ground right now. For the Liberal Democrats the middle has been traditional territory. New Labour came to power by swinging away from the old left...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
John Paul II’s papal rule was largely defined by his relationship with a global conflict between West and East. John Paul II’s papal rule was largely defined by his relationship with a global conflict between West and East. On Tuesday 12 September 2006, in...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
Campaigners for the rights of migrants have discovered an unusual ally. The leaders of Britain’s biggest businesses have called for unlimited migration from Bulgaria and Romania when the two former Eastern Bloc states join the European Union next year....
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
Amish communities across the United States are in shock after a gunman yesterday shot dead at least three girls and injured seven others before killing himself in an attack on one of their schools in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. It is feard the casulaty list will...
