Florence S. Wald, Who Eased the Pain of the Dying, Is Dead at 91

Up until 1969, doctors rarely talked to their patients about dying. When Dr Kubler-Ross first started interviewing dying patients, "none were to be found". Doctors rarely told their patients that they were dying. Doctors were taught to save lives, not to help people with...

Al-Qaeda woman suspect sent to US

A Pakistani women has been charged with assaulting US officers and employees and attempting to kill US officers and employees and she has been extradited to US for further trial. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each charge. She is...

Laura Bush checks progress in Afghanistan

Just before the end of her husband's presidency, US first lady had taken this trip to show her humanitarian face. Surrounded with hevy security she toured different USAID programme going on in Afghanistan. Her visit comes just before Afghnistan Donors conference this week in...

Lots to learn in a cowshed

"You can learn a lot in a cowshed, especially if it has a resident teacher. In Britain a farmer's wife has set up a school in a derelict cow shed. The teacher, Anne Miller, had lost her job at the local village primary when it closed so she set up their own private school...