The mainstream media and politicians say that public opinion is against the strikes on 30 June.
The Saville Report’s recognition that all of the 13 Bloody Sunday dead and 13 wounded had been innocent sparked an eruption of joy in Derry. The sea of shining faces gathered in Guildhall Square for the release of the report on 15 June 2010 could have lit up a continent. This was the acknowledgement the Bloody Sunday families had craved through the long years of their trek towards the truth, and it was sufficient unto the day.
The Tories and the right wing press are bleating on about the turnouts in recent ballots for strikes among public sector workers. They claim the turnouts mean there’s no democratic mandate for strikes—and that they show most workers don’t want to fight their cuts.
An official banner celebrating Egypt’s Revolution at Cairo Airport tells of "Egyptians making history again… what else is new?"
Billionaire Bill Gates has been praised for his philanthropic acts. Last week he promised $1 billion to pay for vaccinations in poor countries.
The latest E coli outbreak has already claimed the lives of 22 people and infected more than 2,000 people across the world.
Most care workers want to help others and make a difference to people’s lives.
‘On a magic night, just like in Argentina, we will see which one of the politicians will make it first to the helicopter."
THE G8 summit gathered last week in the French resort of Deauville. Apart from endorsing Barack Obama’s attempt to co-opt the Arab revolutions, it’s not clear what it did.
The arrest last week of Ratko Mladic, the former head of the Bosnian Serb army, was greeted with jubilation by the media.
Justice secretary Ken Clarke’s comments about rape rightly caused an outcry last week.
Barack Obama made a speech on the Middle East on Thursday of last week.
