How many thousands of worthwhile causes are there in the world every single day? How many people are dying of starvation? How many women are being beaten up and killed? How many children live in poverty? How many children are abused on a daily basis?

We call upon you to close a sorry chapter in Australia's history by bringing to an end Australia's inhumane detention regime. We believe that detention should never be mandatory, indefinite or unreviewable. Now is the time to right over a decade of wrongs

IN THE lead-up to the Group of Eight (G8) summit of world leaders in Japan earlier this month, George Bush delivered a speech on one of his supposed top priorities for the meeting: aid to Africa.

The world statesman celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday 18 July 2008. As a lawyer and activist he campaigned against South Africa's apartheid regime. Accused of trying to overthrow the government, he spent nearly 30 years in prison.

Let's find out whether one well-directed thought is a gentle but effective way for all us ordinary people to restore peace on earth. A Live Aid of scientific experiments will test the power of group mind to lower violence around the world...

A third of all internet-surfing kids will suffer from and many are leaving themselves vulnerable to identity theft and other online abuse, an e-learning expert says.

Liquid containing traces of unenriched uranium leaked Tuesday at a nuclear site in southern France, and some of the solution ran into two rivers, France's nuclear safety agency said.

An Iraqi boy who arrived in Washington state two years ago after getting shot by insurgents may have to go back to the place he considers his worst nightmare. Hamoody Jauda likes trains and attention, just like any other 5-year-old.

Around the world, rising food prices have made basic staples like rice and corn unaffordable for many people, pushing the poor to the barricades because they can no longer get enough to eat. But the worst is yet to come.

In the 24 hours since Fisheries Minister Einar K Guofinnsson issued a commercial quota for 40 minke whales, reaction has been swift, highly critical, and in large part split across party lines.