Success and suspicion
By MARGARET BROWN BIG BROTHER is watching you! The book by George Orwell entitled 1984 came out in 1949 and, at the time, the very idea of “thought police” monitoring
Time to put an end to animal cruelty
By Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com “WE WILL never visit your country again.” This is the shocking reaction that ANIMAL, Portugal’s premier animal rights organisation, regularly encounters after tourists see how animals
Middle East conflict triggers commentator’s war
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN Israel was contemplating a possible ground offensive last week, as its army continued firing rockets against targets in Lebanon. The raids were in retaliation for the kidnapping
Freedom of dissent is essential
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN THERE IS a dangerous double standard pervading Europe at the moment. Those who championed the rights of the Danish press to express their “freedom” through satirical cartoons
When I’m 64
Skip Bandele reflects on life and his world – as he sees it. LAST MONTH, the oldest person in the world died at the age of 116. Maria Esther de
NICARAGUA
Tainted brew kills 22 Police have been conducting raids on bars and stores in search of tainted alcohol that has killed 22 people and left more than 100 seriously ill
AUSTRIA
Abducted girl speaks out Natascha Kampusch made her first appearance on television to tell the world about her eight years in captivity. The 18-year-old appeared composed during her 40 minute
MONTENEGRO
Prime Minister wins election Montenegrin Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, has claimed victory in the country’s first general election since it declared independence in May. The former Yugoslav republic decided, in
SUDAN
Ugandan rebels assemble AT LEAST 400 soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), including the LRA deputy leader, Vincent Otti, have arrived at assembly points in southern Sudan, as part
DENMARK
Suspected terrorists arrested Danish police have arrested nine men overnight over an alleged terror plot in the country’s third largest city of Odense. The suspects, thought to be between the