Current Affairs

JPII cautiously predicted a bright future for the 21st century. Among popes, he was the most pacifistic. Perhaps a new study supports his hope and his pacifism: > Widespread fears about a world in a perpetual state of war are unfounded, a study says today. It emphasises that the number

> Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday blasted a major international drug company for "putting profits ahead of world safety" – demanding it suspend its patent on a drug that has proved successful in fighting deadly bird flu. . . > "Roche is putting its profits ahead of world safety and I

Nazis gather to protest against inner-city gangs. What could possibly go wrong? > A crowd protesting a white supremacists' march Saturday turned violent, throwing baseball-sized rocks at police, vandalizing vehicles and stores, and setting fire to a neighborhood bar, authorities said. . . > At least two dozen members

This strikes me as a classic case of consumer advocacy scare tactics: > A requirement of the new bankruptcy law that sends Americans into credit counseling before they can erase their debts is drawing criticism from consumer advocates, bankruptcy lawyers and financial educators, who are concerned that the creditors are

From the files of Dr. Obvious: An excerpt from a story about three white New Orleans cops beating a black man: > Although the [police] spokesman denied race was an issue, the fact that Mr Davis was African-American and the police were mostly white may result in accusations of

Great Britain is starting to take measures against hooligan children and to make parents more responsible. Perhaps we could do that in our inner cities. Then again, the ACLU types wouldn't approve of restraining orders on "the children." > Problem children are to be targeted under

. . . Isn't that kinda like selling Jessica Simpson to a white slave trader? > Police arrested Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, at his home in the Little Italy neighbourhood of the city, after they responded to a call reporting a burglary in the early