Beijing Olympics open with spectacular ceremony Opening ceremony predicted to attract a global audience of more than 3 billion people | Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, C... (photo: AP)The Guardian
Sports can affect entire populations | At eight years old, Nsenga's hands move over the dried banana bark with the experience of a trained craftsman. | Like most kids in Rwanda, Nsenga's family has little. His parents use the bark to cre... (photo: GNU / Inisheer)Canada Dot Com
UK Anglican church split 'inevitable' | A SPLIT in the Anglican Church was inevitable, a leading conservative cleric said last night as he attacked Rowan Williams's belief that gay relationships could be "comparable to marriage". After a ... (photo: PD File )The Australian ChurchHomosexualityPhotosReligionUK
Israel Preparing for Iran Strike | (JERUSALEM) — Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple ... (photo: AP Photo/Baz Ratner)Time Magazine DefenceIranIsraelNuclearPhotos
EDITORIAL: Nuclear disarmament | With the global political balance of power heavily dependent on nuclear deterrence, desperate prayers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki for a world without nuclear weapons have... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)Asahi News DisarmamentNATONuclearPhotosPower
Jordan resumes Hamas ties | AMMAN: Jordanian officials held talks with Hamas for the first time since authorities arrested three of its members two years ago for planning attacks in the country. |... (photo: WN Gaza)Gulf Daily News AmmanHamasJordanPalestiniansPhotos
