TV presenter wants to see inclusive schooling in Scotland

GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she believes that education for all, rather than schools divided on religious lines, in what Scotland needs to overcome sectarianism and to build lasting community. Her comments come at the end of a week of debate following the...

Williams expresses concern about communal violence in Orissa

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Willams has expressed great distress at the extreme violence being used between Hindus and Christians in Orissa, India, following the murder of Hindu leader, Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati, recently. In a letter sent at the end of last...

Zimbabwe opposition issues fresh election challenge

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not be bullied into power sharing at any cost and has challenged President Robert Mugabe to hold new elections if he is not prepared to reach a genuine agreement. Mr Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic...

Agencies respond to Haiti tropical storm devastation

The United Nations is warning that more than half a million people are in need of emergency assistance after storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna battered the island of Haiti. Over 500 people are now known to have been killed in floods and landslides in Haiti caused by...