In the past 10 years there have allegedly been 146 incidents of violence, including five deaths and five rapes on the farm in central Kenya
Economic sanctions are a coward’s war. They do not work but are a way in which rich elites feel they are "committed" to some distant struggle.
For centuries, Istanbul lured intrepid shoppers with colourful jewellery and carpets which tumbled from shops in the ancient alleyways of the Grand Bazaar. Today, the city’s affluent young middle-class is embracing a different kind of shopping experience in giant glass-and-chrome malls.
For Paul Hörer, who first met Josef Fritzl 35 years ago, the Austrian was a ”decent, outgoing and, above all, amusing bloke”. He remembered how Fritzl came to stay with him in Munich, and how he and his family spent happy evenings with Fritzl and his wife, Rosemarie, on the terrace of their ”tip top” house in Amstetten.
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/ 24 February 2008
French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing boat — a method last used in the 1800s — to reduce their carbon footprint. Later this month, 60 000 bottles from Languedoc will be shipped to Ireland in a 19th-century barque, saving about 8 300kg of carbon.