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"There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them."

—Elie(zer) Wiesel (b. 1928) Romanian-born writer, lecturer, survivor Nazi camps, Nobel

 

World News From BBC

Baby success for new 'safer' IVF  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:19:34 GMT
In a world first, a healthy baby has been born using a "safer" new IVF method. 
'Quiet epidemic' of UK male cancer  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:08:00 GMT
Action is needed to fight a "quiet epidemic" of oesophageal cancer, which is on the rise in the UK, particularly in men, say cancer experts. 
Campbell-Brown given provisional ban  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:03:30 GMT
Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica is provisionally suspended from competition after testing positive for a banned substance. 
Venus Williams to miss Wimbledon  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:22:14 GMT
Five-time singles champion Venus Williams is forced to pull out of Wimbledon because of a back injury. 
Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:21 GMT
It's a shocking statistic that a child dies of hunger every 10 seconds, very good at grabbing headlines. But is it true? 
How the US-EU trade deal affects you  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:10:53 GMT
What might the US-EU trade deal mean for Americans and Europeans? 
Mali signs peace deal with Tuareg  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:59 GMT
Mali's government signs a peace deal with Tuareg rebels to end conflict in the north in the run-up to elections next month. 
Australian jailed for Meagher murder  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:17 GMT
Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years. 
Russian Duma backs gay adoption ban  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:23 GMT
MPs in Moscow back a bill banning adoption of Russian orphans by foreign gay couples and by foreign singles from countries allowing gay marriage. 
Arrest in US football dribbler death  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:22 GMT
An Oregon motorist suspected of fatally running down a US man on a quest to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil for charity is arrested. 
G8 backs urgent Syria peace talks  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:33 GMT
G8 leaders back calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva "as soon as possible", without mentioning the fate of President Bashar al-Assad. 
US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots'  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:29 GMT
The head of the US electronic spying agency tells Congress surveillance programmes leaked to media helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001. 
Food labels system to be rolled out  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:55 GMT
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. 
'Excessive' use of face-down restraint  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:06 GMT
Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely used. 
Minister hails 'web porn' progress  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:59:56 GMT
Ministers say agreements reached with internet firms will lead to a "fundamental change" in how images of child abuse are dealt with online.