Mary Robinson

Letters: Child protection

We are all reeling at the awful story of Baby P. One cannot usefully say more on the specific case until the results of the inquiries are known. But a warning bell rang with me when it was reported that social workers were...

Will Self: Prince Charles can’t have his say and his seven boiled eggs too

If Prince Charles wants to be political, he should stand for election by the people who so dearly want to hear his views FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 18, 2008 Apparently 49 per cent of the Great British Public believe that the Prince...

Botswana: CKGR 'Evictee' Scoffs At Mogae Award

Posted to the web 17 November 2008 Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe A Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR)Mosarwa who was among those resettled from Metsiamanong settlement by the government in 2002 is unimpressed at former president...

Women must be central to peace talks says former president

The voices of women are critical in peace negotiations, it was claimed today. Former president Mary Robinson said if more women were involved in resolutions there would be a greater chance of having lasting solutions. Ms...

Annan Leads Delegation on Zim Mission

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will next week lead a three-member delegation of the Elders Group of Eminent Persons to Zimbabwe to assess the African country's escalating humanitarian crisis.

Obama and Middle East urgency

Condoleezza Rice, U.S. secretary of state in the outgoing George W. Bush administration, has this week paid yet another of her pointless visits to the Middle East - her eighth in the past year since the Annapolis Conference of...

Prince Charles will speak out as king

Members of Prince Charles’s inner circle are preparing the ground for him to break the monarch’s traditional vow of silence when he is king. The Prince of Wales, who celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday, has told confidants...

Arts notes: Christo, Jeanne-Claude coming to Asheville

staff reports • published November 16, 2008 12:15 am ASHEVILLE – Christo, Jeanne-Claude coming to Asheville Internationally acclaimed artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude are coming to Asheville in February. Christo and...

Green Inc.: Björk vs. Icelandic Aluminum

Björk has a beef with aluminum and its impact on Iceland’s geothermal resources. But she also says the industry is damaging Iceland’s precious resources – and in particular its geothermal energy – because so much of that energy...

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