SEOUL, 22 October 2005 — In North Korea, they ask whether you speak “chosun-mal”. In South Korea, they want to know whether you can converse in “hanguk-mal”. A different name for their ostensibly common
BAGHDAD, 22 October 2005 — Almost 20 years ago, Faraj Hassan was serving his 36th day as an Iraqi soldier when an Iranian shell blast smashed one of his legs, forcing the amputation the left limb.
LAGOS, 22 October 2005 — Avenging lynch mobs have seized and burned alive more than 20 suspected kidnappers over the past month in and around the Nigerian city of Lagos where terrified residents have
It is an extraordinary phenomenon really when you come to think of it. They accompany Muhammad Abdo in his highly acclaimed concerts internationally and underscore much of the dramatic overtures greatly
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 20 October 2005 — The Christmas season is still weeks away but members of the Sama Badjao tribe in the southern Philippines have started flocking to the port city of Zamboanga from
Many of us prefer to gobble a couple of vitamin pills rather than eat the whole fruit or vegetable, the sources of nutrients. I do not blame anyone for opting for the former, because sometime ago I,
VORONEZH, Russia, 18 October 2005 — The killing of an 18-year-old Peruvian student by an armed gang in this central Russian city has thrown the spotlight on the growing number of racist attacks in
HARGEISA, 18 October 2005 — Abdi Ibrahim lost most of his loved ones in 1988 when government bombers attacked Hargeisa, at the time just another city flattened by Somalia’s civil war. Memories
