THERE have been several cases reported recently of young girls, some as young as seven or eight, being married off by their parents to men in their 50s, 60s or even older. In some instances, parents
BIG things begin with a simple gesture, a symbolic act of defiance and a courageous stand in the face of evil powers. Last week’s arrival into Gaza port of two ships carrying 44 peace activists
FOR more than a year now, the US political world has expended trillions of person-hours of effort and ploughed billions of words of analysis into assessing whether the United States is ready to elect
AT the next election, the Brown stuff will hit the fan — and the British people will elect a blank space. David Cameron is known to us through a series of slick sound bites and husky-hugging
