Kofi Annan: 'Sometimes you don't have to pick a fight to get your way'

Kofi Annan: 'The ­national interest still often trumps the broader interest.' Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian When you have been secretary general of the United Nations for 10 years, it's…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 30, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2538 words)

Why is India so bad for women?

Video of a woman being attacked in Guwahati, Assam, has sparked outrage in India. In an ashram perched high on a hill above the noisy city of Guwahati in north-east India is a small exhibit…
AUTHOR:Helen Pidd
PUBLISHED: July 23, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2656 words)

Trimingham case is an example of value judgments obscuring legal ones

Carina Trimingham, whose privacy and harassment claim against Associated News failed so spectacularly last week, does not appear to be a particularly sympathetic character Photograph: Matthew…
PUBLISHED: May 28, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1440 words)
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