STOCKHOLM, 27 September 2005 — “There’s three things we can do with your mum. We can bury her, burn her, or dump her.” A fourth alternative — freeze-drying — could soon be added to British comedy group
UNITED NATIONS, 27 September 2005 — A new collaborative report says action is urgently needed to tackle a range of problems facing over 600 million children in the Islamic world. The problems range
BAGHDAD, 27 September 2005 — I had been dreading this moment for weeks, but I knew it would come inevitably. The night before leaving for Baghdad; preparing for yet another trip to that doomed city
GAZA CITY, 24 September 2005 — The Gaza Strip’s dangerously low drinking water reserves, dilapidated decontamination facilities and a nearly dry water table are warning signals of a looming crisis,
MONROVIA, 24 September 2005 — Every night, Benu Passaway has to decide whether to tie her blanket across the bars of her cell to keep out the rain or huddle under it on the thin foam mattress she shares
NEW YORK, 24 September 2005 — Journalists, generals, historians, Iraqis and a former hostage have told their stories about Iraq, but now more than two years after American troops invaded, the flood
ALKHOBAR, 23 September 2005 — In a place as terribly hot as Saudi Arabia, fireplaces seem more than a little out of place. But sure enough there in downtown Alkhobar sits Saleh Abdullah Hassan in his
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