British soldiers are fighting in Afghanistan in a conflict as fundamental to the UK's national security as the first and second world wars, John Hutton, the defence secretary, said yesterday. Choosing Armistice Day to make his maiden speech in the post, Hutton's clear message to the public was that the September 11 al-Qaida attacks on the US were as significant as the German invasion ...

DJ Russ Jones has forged a new direction in mixing global beats and world/dance music with Future World Funk, embracing eclectic cultural styles from mashed-up Brazillian 2-Step, Arabic Hip Hop, Afro-house, vintage reggae, Latin, ragga, Japanese funk and Ghanian Hip Life to Moroccan Gnawa Dub.

ActionAid Our vision is a world without poverty in which every person can exercise their right to a life of dignity. Our mission is to work with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it.

The workshop on Information Access to Cultural Heritage (IACH 2008) was held during the ECDL conference in Aarhus, Denmark on the 18th September 2008 [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. The principal organisers were Martha Larson (University of Amsterdam), Johan Oomen (Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision), Juan Cigarran (UNED) and Kate Fernie (consultant, UK), and the workshop was sponsored by the MultiMatch ...

RADAR People of the Year Awards 2008 - Winners to be announced 1st December. It is nearly two years since the new duty on the public sector to promote disability equality positively came into force and already the hard work of individuals and organisations in the public sector is making a real difference to the every day lives of disabled people.

By Jill Serjeant

Cancer Research UK scientists have shown how bowel cancer can become aggressive, according to research published in Nature Genetics*. The researchers, based in the Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University and at Cancer Research UK's Beatson Institute in Glasgow found that a tumour suppressor protein called Pten is critical in stopping tumours from growing in mice.

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