One in five teachers would like to see the cane brought back in schools to help discipline unruly children, a survey has revealed.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is deeply shocked and condemns in the strongest terms the killing of five Pakistani women, including two minors, who were buried alive for having decided to marry men of their choice.

Thoughtful look at how we choose to forgive - or not - those who have wronged us. Share a forgiveness story.

There are many people who write history. There are very few who make history through their writings. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died this week at the age of 89, was one of them. In many ways, Solzhenitsyn laid the intellectual foundations for the fall of

From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide. Click the link for more.

Eight women and one man convicted of adultery are set to be stoned to death in Iran, according to activists and lawyers. Shadi Sadr, a lawyer and women's rights activist, said the nine were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian

7 month old baby died after being in the care of Lestro in her Mansfield home for a week. Baby, Michael Brown, was rushed to Hospital where he died. Police: baby didn't fall off bed as Lestro claims because his head injuries were to severe.

This blog is meant for parents all over the world, to learn from each others ways and share experiences in how we deal (in all our diverse cultures, mindsets and values) with other peoples children in our communities.

Murder, rape, adultery, drug trafficking, armed robbery and apostasy - the abandoning of religious faith - all carry the death penalty under Iranian Sharia law.

Victims were beaten, slashed with knives & forced to take freezing showers for misdeeds such as stealing food from trash bins because they were poorly fed. Varsha Sabhnani sentenced to 11 yrs in prison, husband to 3 yrs&4 months. Will lose $million home