‘Princess’ Anastacia
FROM THE unimaginable highs of multi-million selling records to the devastating lows of Crohn’s disease and breast cancer, Anastacia has seen it all. Since releasing her debut album Not that
Sting – a man of the world
AFTER DISBANDING the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, expanding the boundaries of pop music. He incorporated elements
The folly of the travelling peace activist
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN NORMAN KEMBER has now returned to Britain after a four-month ordeal at the hands of Iraqi kidnappers. Special Forces in Iraq rescued Kember and two others shortly
A dog’s life
CRUFTS DOG Show is considered a typically British institution, patronised by the best of British dogs. But, this year, something very un-British happened: the Best in Show Supreme Champion accolade
High fidelity
IN RECENT months, newspapers and magazines have been full of articles dealing with the rise in teenage pregnancies, both here and in Britain. The decline of man-kind, a change of
French rioters resist the tide
RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS against new labour laws in France saw some of the worst violence since last autumn’s race riots. Police made 160 arrests, mostly near Paris’ Sorbonne University, where protestors
HAITI
Skulls found in capital ELEVEN HUMAN skulls were found dumped in Haiti’s capital earlier this week, two days after 17 were discovered in a separate rubbish tip. Local police and
COLOMBIA
Scouts die in mudslide EIGHT SCOUTS and one of their guides were killed by a mudslide in central Colombia earlier this week. The accident occurred at the foot of the
Milosevic and the psychopathic nature
HE MAY have cheated a verdict, but Slobodan Milosevic died a loser. That was how American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, one of the most important figures to engage Milosevic during the
BELARUS
Police detain protesters BELARUS OPPOSITION have said that four leading activists were arrested by police in Minsk during a protest against the election result. Opposition supporters defied police and braved