Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Charlotte Philby – Independent – Thursday, 30 May 2013 (originally published 26 May) Two former students from Pakistan are believed to have become the first Muslim lesbian couple to marry in a civil ceremony in Britain. Rehana Kausar, 34, and Sobia Kamar, 29, took their vows at a registry office in Leeds earlier this month [...]
Nigel Morris – Independent – Thursday, 09 May 2013 (originally published 07 May) Hundreds of thousands of carers will be promised new rights in the Queen’s Speech tomorrow as the number of elderly and vulnerable people being looked after by family members continues to soar. The move is designed to relieve the pressure on people [...]
John Bingham – Telegraph – Wednesday, 17 April 2013 (originally published 15 Apr) MPs will tomorrow urge the Government to introduce monitoring of the sex of aborted babies to establish whether or not British couples are being granted terminations illegally on grounds of gender. It follows an investigation by The Telegraph last year which uncovered [...]
Nina Bahadur – Huffington Post – Wednesday, 10 April 2013 (originally published 08 Apr) Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away this morning (now yesterday morning) at the age of 87, leading to an outpouring of tributes from around the globe. Conservative Thatcher was a divisive figure, but she was generally well-respected as [...]
John F. Burns and Alan Cowell – New York Times – 08 February 2013 (originally published 05 Feb) LONDON — The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assured of passage as it moves through further legislative stages. But in a [...]
