Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5, delivered a withering attack on the invasion of Iraq, decried the term "war on terror", and held out the prospect of talks with al-Qaida. Recording her first BBC Reith lecture on the theme, Securing Freedom, she made clear sh …
The Prime Minister today accused the BBC of peddling left-wing ideas as Evan Davis compared rioting and looting across the capital to the antics of the Bullingdon Club. David Cameron said the Corporation was in danger of creating a 'great mush' and blaming all social ills for th …
In answer to that, some teenagers tend to hate their lives for a variety of reasons, but the main ones would be feeling isolated, and a lack of value and significance. Most teenagers want to belong, to feel wanted, loved and appreciated.
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Although Turkey has always been an 'ally' of Israel (in spite of recent ups and downs with the ruling AKP ) the Turkish state, albeit secular, has had a rocky relationship with its 'dhimmi' minorities.
KALDARI, India — Ankaji Bhai Gangar, a 49-year-old subsistence farmer, stood in line in this remote village until, for the first time in his life, he squinted into the soft glow of a computer screen. His name, year of birth and address were recorded. A worker guided Mr.
Many of the 70,000 "third country national"(TCN) service workers employed in Afghanistan and Iraq "recount having been robbed of wages, injured without compensation, subjected to sexual assault, and held in conditions resembling indentured servitude by their subcontractor bosses …
The other night I did something silly. In a hurry to reach my friend K., I made the mistake of calling him on his mobile phone. “You should have texted,” he chided me the next morning, when he finally heard the voice mail I’d left.
The Palmetto State found itself ranked between #11 Alaska ("a vast yet empty expanse of tundra and oil") and #9 Nevada (full of sad hookers and even sadder johns") in Gawker's cross-country assessment.
In the Islamic Center of Lawrence, a silent revolution of religious tolerance is brewing.
Rye Playland was shut down Tuesday after cops scuffled with Muslims upset that women wearing head scarves were barred from the rides, witnesses said. The ban, which is not Muslim specific, was imposed about 3 years ago mostly to prevent hats from falling onto the tracks o …
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