The face with no eyes

Posted by on Apr 3, 2006 in updates | 0 comments In 1970, when Brits wore bellbottoms, platform shoes, a white disco suit and danced the night away to John Travolta, unimaginable horrors were being inflicted in Vietnam. Spraying the jungles with Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant, was one of them. The legacy of this nightmare lives on as thousands of babies are still being born with horrific defects. Just like the child who has a face with no...
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The Baghdad blogbuster

Posted by on Apr 3, 2006 in updates | 0 comments The everyday life of an Iraqi woman who kept a blog has been published as a book. It gives a graphic insight into how her life has been transformed by the invasion, the loss of her job and freedom. The computer science graduate, alias Riverbend, has given an extraordinary account of life in occupied Iraq in 2003. The book, entitled Baghdad Burning, has been long-listed for the Samuel Johnson...
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