IRAQ: A Story Left Incomplete

Alaa Hassan never did live to see publication of the last story he had filed. It got caught for a while, as stories sometimes are, in that no man's land between what a correspondent could reasonably get, and what an editor would really like

BBC NEWS | Health | Down's syndrome gene identified

Scientists believe they have found a possible cause for mental impairment in Down's syndrome

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gene reveals mammoth coat colour

 The coat colour of mammoths that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago has been determined by scientists.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Veteran denies Iraq rape charges

 A former US soldier has pleaded not guilty to raping and murdering an Iraqi woman and killing three family members.

Centre Daily Times | 07/06/2006 | Dogs crash pickup truck into fence

"Posted on Thu, Jul. 06, 2006 email this print this Dogs crash pickup truck into fence"

VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: Refugees and Marginalised Share Help and Hardship

Despite occasional rivalries between Colombians and Venezuelans, the armed conflict in Colombia has renewed the links of brotherhood and solidarity between these two "Bolivarian" nations, known as such because both claim Simón Bolívar as hero of...

SPEECH of the Student

Speech of the StudentBelow is the whole context of the article.  I added it because I had forgotten you have to register on the site, which is free, to view articles.  For the sake of speed I added it below.   Betty SPEECH of the Student ...

IRAQ: A Story IPS Never Wanted to Tell

"IPS contributor Alaa Hassan was killed on his way to work last Wednesday. He was 35 years old. He is survived by his mother, five brothers, five sisters and his wife who is pregnant with their first child. "

NORTH KOREA: Will Missile Tests Lead to New Talks?

Although it may raise regional tensions in the short run, Wednesday's test-firing by North Korea of at least seven missiles, including its multi-stage, inter-continental Taepodong-2 rocket, could speed resumption of long-stalled diplomatic efforts to curb Pyongyang's...

ENVIRONMENT: Ailing Reefs Face New Threat of Acidity

Climate change is making the world's oceans more acidic, seriously endangering marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

DEVELOPMENT: Aid For the Poor, Not For the Consultants

No less than a quarter of annual development aid -- about 20 billion dollars -- is being used by donor countries to fund technical assistance of sometimes dubious worth, says ActionAid International in a new report.