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Brunei becomes the first East Asian country to enact Sharia law  - Brunei became the first East Asian nation to implement Sharia law Wednesday, with enforcement of first phase of the Islamic penal code beginning on May 1.

Five children die every day in Britain who would survive in Sweden  - Children in the UK are being "let down" because of "inadequate" health care for youngsters, expert said.  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said children in Britain had poorer health than youngsters in other European countries.  

Why I'm Committed to Helping the Most Vulnerable Children  - Taking on the leadership of any organisation is a big responsibility. When that organisation is the UK's largest children's charity and has been part of ...

International parental child abduction  - According to statistics released by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Reunite (the UK charity) last December the number of parental child  ...

New science centre is first outside London  - At some point in their education , increasing numbers of students seem to be ... none as vital to the continuing international competitiveness of the UK .

US economic growth slows sharply to 0.1% in first quarter  - If we follow the British practice of giving the figures as a quarterly growth ... growth needed to accelerate hiring and reduce still-high unemployment .

Are Zero-Hour Contracts Easing Unemployment ?  - The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has now revealed the first employer based estimate of how many workers in the UK are on contracts with no ...

Top 10 Most Miserable Countries in the World  - As a new report published by the Cato Institute identifies some of the most miserable countries worldwide, IBTimes UK looks at the ten least happy places. The report calculated the misery rate of 90 countries

Want to address climate change? Then bring down unemployment  - Economic issues like unemployment and rising prices remain the top ... Media and political debate over the UK's energy future also appear to have ...

Can a toy really help mend a broken heart?  - Around 19,000 children are moved each year from their homes in the UK because of abuse and violence . Many arrive in refuges in cities and towns ...

Violent husband killed 'westernised' wife and hid her body before pretending she was still alive ...  - Mr Cross told the jury that ethnic Palestinian Ms Alayed was 'just 15' when she met Ahmed Al-Khatib, adding that they fled to the UK as 'a place of ...

When hearth and home give way to violence and hatred  - When hearth and home give way to violence and hatred .... Latest official figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales reveal that 1.1 million ...

Fraud offences 'up by 25%'  - The charity has warned that the elderly and those struggling the most are ... Fraud offences in England and Wales rose by 25% in 2013 compared to ...

Disabled woman wins two-year battle for Petts Wood station lift  - in the winter months when there is frost, not only for disabled people, but for elderly people as well. ... Less than a fifth of UK stations are accessible.

UK child health still amongst the worst in Europe  - Children in the UK still have poorer health outcomes than their peers in Europe, ... “The Forum is concerned that children's mental health services are ...

Surging Ukip embarrassed by continued links to homophobic tycoon  - The UK Independence Party faced renewed embarrassment over its links with a ... There is no such thing as fidelity in homosexual relationships.”.

Experts warn of growing nutrition and hunger problems  - The letter, signed by 170 members, fellows and spokespeople from the Faculty, warns that many families in the UK are living in poverty and do not ...

UK urged to rethink £400m annual aid budget for Pakistan  - The UK says Pakistan has pressing economic, educational and health problems, with 60 million families below the food poverty line, as well as a large ...

Child death rate shows poverty gap  - Youngsters in the UK are at a higher risk of premature death than their peers in western Europe, the Why Children Die report says. The document ...

Children of poverty : The factory workers as young as FIVE who toil in Bangladeshi recycling plant ...  - In the ready-made garment sector alone, some $24million has been put towards new safety measures by the UK , U.S., Netherlands and Canada.

Worker put hundreds of Derby students 'at risk' of HIV infection  - Hundreds of students were put at risk of HIV and Hepatitis B infection after a university worker reused syringe barrels. Up to 660 students at the ...

Thirty years after the discovery of HIV , the 1980s scaremongering still causes harm  - It's 30 years this month since the discovery of HIV , and there's now a sense the story is entering its last chapter, at least in the UK . Medical advances ...

New Zealand Church Pastor Condemned for Promoting Gay -to-Straight Therapy  - A church pastor in New Zealand has been condemned for his controversial comments about gays. Bill Anderson, who lives in the small town of Paihia, said, "gays are going to hell, and they can only avoid eternal damnation by healed of their homosexuality."

Dolly Parton Has Gay Family Members, Voices Support of Marriage Equality  - Dolly Parton has once again reiterated her support of LGBT rights, discussing her support of gay marriage with the British newspaper The Daily Mail's ...

United Nations releases pro- gay Bollywood music video  - The United Nations has unveiled a pro- gay Bollywood music video in response to India's sodomy law. The video, which tells the story of a gay man ...

Why Do Straight People Want to Go to Gay Bars?  - When I saw the first rough cut of the inaugural Ask a Homo video , about gay -bar etiquette, which went live last Wednesday, I knew it wouldn't please ...

Rosweglyn: role models for the next generation of gay girls  - Rosweglyn: role models for the next generation of gay girls ... Whether it's Rihanna and Shakira in a music video or soap stars and glamour models on ...

Six Couples Challenge Ohio's Gay Marriage Ban  - Six gay and lesbian couples on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging Ohio's ban on gay ..

Fit and healthy' schoolboy, 17, dies due to undiagnosed heart condition  - a rare and undiagnosed heart condition which usually affects elderly men. ... Now a fundraising page set up by Harry's family with the British Heart ...

South Africa steps up protection for gays, lesbians  - The LGBTI programme will include the training and sensitising of both government officials and the general public on the rights of LGBTI people.

University of Derby students 'at risk' of HIV after worker reuses syringe barrels  - An investigation led by NHS England has been opened into the ... errors may have put people at risk of infection from hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV .

Gay marriage has divided the religious community but retired reverend says church ...  - For while they represented a victory for something he had fought for for many years, there was still a feeling that the gay community in the UK , while it ...

My dead gay brother helped win me the right to marry  - Gay 16-year-old Albert Kennedy’s life ended in tragedy – falling to his death from a multi-story car park. But exactly 25 years on today (30 April), his gay brother Billy has paid a moving tribute to the - But exactly 25 years on today (30 April), his gay brother Billy - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/my-dead-gay-brother-helped-win-me-right-marry300414#sthash.TS1SVGxy.dpuf But exactly 25 years on today (30 April), his gay brother Billy - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/my-dead-gay-brother-helped-win-me-right-marry300414#sthash.TS1SVGxy.dpuf