A STATUE may be erected to honour one of the greatest sportsmen Rochdale has ever produced a man our civic forefathers seemed reluctant to acknowledge. The town has permanent memorials to its most famous citizens John Bright and Gracie Fields

T he Democratic National Convention that begins today in Denver looks to me less like the coronation of Barack Obama than a soap opera wedding. The kind everyone tunes in to for the fireworks. Will the groom find out that the bride is pregnant with

Three medalists provide glimpse of a new India - International Herald Tribune
NEW DELHI : One is the son of a prosperous businessman with an Olympic-size shooting range in his backyard. Another grew up in a dusty village, sparring with his brother for use of a shared family bicycle. A third spent most of his youth in a musty

For many, the stress and whirlwind of wedding planning can get crazy. And it often leads to brides and grooms crash dieting in order to fit into their dress and tux. But once the big day and honeymoon are over, newlyweds are prone to gaining back the

Grenade attack kills 19 at Burundi wedding - Reuters Africa
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A man killed 19 people in Burundi when he hurled a grenade into his brother’s wedding party in what police said on Sunday was a land dispute. One person was arrested after the incident on Saturday night in the central Gitega