Life in Iraq is steadily becoming worse, according to a new report released by the International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC), and is affecting, directly or indirectly, all Iraqis."
The US military has admitted that its troops in Afghanistan went on a three mile killing spree on 4 March after one of its vehicles was hit by a suicide bomb.
The Scottish TUC conference, which met in Glasgow this week, showed the growing disillusion with Labour in the trade union movement.
An occupation of the proposed site of an academy on Wembley Park Sports Ground has claimed a victory – the withdrawal of "sponsor" Andrew Rosenfeld.
The front page of the Evening Standard newspaper on Friday of last week said it all – "Tube Strike: Bosses Cave In." The editorial was headed, "RMT 1, Tube 0."
With just over two weeks to go to the election for the Scottish parliament there’s no doubt that Labour is panicking.
The revolt against Gordon Brown’s cuts and pay freeze in the public sector is fuelling the feeling that Tuesday 1 May should be a day of resistance.
It’s "business as usual" – that’s the message Gordon Brown had for US president George Bush during their "surprise meeting" in Washington last week.
We are in the last days of Tony Blair’s regime, and that government of war and privatisation cannot go quickly enough. But Blair is determined his legacy will live on, and Gordon Brown is ready and willing to help him.
At the end of last month the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced, "The IPCC has confirmed that none of the West Midlands police officers acquitted of criminal offences following the death of Michael Powell, 38, in police custody on 7 September 2003 are to face disciplinary charges."
RMT cleaners demonstration Rail and tube cleaners staged a demonstration outside City Hall in London last week calling for a "living wage" of £7.20 an hour
"Before becoming a student nurse I spent a lot of time working in bars and cafes," says John Finnegan, who came to Britain from Ireland.
