We will 'play our part' in Africa, says PM

"The Prime Minister called today for further action to end the genocide in Darfur, calling it one of the "great tragedies of our time". Speaking at a Q+A session at his Party's conference, Mr Brown said that he didn't want to look back say "we should have acted, we could have...

Women - What Does the Future Hold for Them?

"IN West Africa a businessman buys a nine-year-old child. In Asia a newborn baby is buried alive in the desert sand. In an Oriental country, a toddler starves to death in an orphanage—unwanted and unattended. One common denominator linked these tragedies: All the victims...

Learning on the outside

THERE are limits to what you can teach pupils in the classroom. School trips offer lessons like no other, by promoting social skills, giving children some independence and a taste of maturity outside the confines of four walls.  Whether it is visiting the local church...

Explosion in Polish Mine

"A methane gas explosion has rocked the Halemba colliery at Ruda Slaska in the southern industrial province of Silesia. It is one of the biggest tragedies in Polish coal mining in many years."