The lack of decent schools has driven parents to desperate lengths. 'Middle-class families are accused of theft' Photo: Alamy Mrina Patel, accused of giving a false address to get a good school Photo: AP I once had the...
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The 100 days of killings that seared this small, mountainous country into the global consciousness also destroyed its relationship with France. The new Tutsi-led government under Paul Kagame has blamed France for bolstering the...
Forget the clichés: whitewashes, establishment cover-ups et al. Sir John Chilcot is the right man to head the inquiry which opens for business this week. He has a lucid, forensic intelligence. He knows how government works. He...
Published Date: 23 November 2009 The Tories have jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling "Deadwood". A poster campaign features the faces of the Prime Minister and Chancellor imposed on a...
At least 14,000 people died in the prison ran by Duch The first trial at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal is entering its final week, with lawyers due to give closing arguments after months of testimony. Kaing Guek Euv, better...