Study finds that reading enhances the likelihood teenagers will go on to study for a degree, writes Jeevan Vasagar.

Frequent playing of computer games appears to reduce teenagers' chances of going to university.

It must count as one of Britain's trickier public relations jobs. Europe's biggest Muslim cultural event opens in London and it will coincide with the anniversary of the July 7 attacks on the British capital. The festival, Islam Expo, will feature a recreation of an Arab souk and a timeline tracing 1 400 years of Islamic history.

Thousands of Rwandans accused of participating in genocide have been offered a "final chance" to be released from prison if they confess their guilt and ask for forgiveness before a deadline next month. Prisons in the tiny Central African state are still overflowing with about 90 000 alleged "genocidaires".

Study finds that reading enhances the likelihood teenagers will go on to study for a degree, writes Jeevan Vasagar.

Frequent playing of computer games appears to reduce teenagers' chances of going to university.

It must count as one of Britain's trickier public relations jobs. Europe's biggest Muslim cultural event opens in London and it will coincide with the anniversary of the July 7 attacks on the British capital. The festival, Islam Expo, will feature a recreation of an Arab souk and a timeline tracing 1 400 years of Islamic history.

Thousands of Rwandans accused of participating in genocide have been offered a "final chance" to be released from prison if they confess their guilt and ask for forgiveness before a deadline next month. Prisons in the tiny Central African state are still overflowing with about 90 000 alleged "genocidaires".