New StatesmanBritain's award-winning current affairs magazineKenya audio slideshow: Together- August 11, 2008 Read the picturing Kenya story here...http://www.newstatesman.com/2008/08/kenya-slideshow-together Caring for the vulnerable- August 11, 2008 Over-reliance on family members can seriously weaken the very relationships we are going to need. Plus how the the country with the greatest longevity cares for its elderlyOur approach to care today is little more than a safety net, providing limited protection from the worst excesses of neglect, hunger, abuse, isolation and physical and mental pressures. The best way to modernise public service care and support is to adopt an approach based on promoting equality and human rights. Then and...http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/08/family-care-support-rights The Bolivians cast their votes well- August 11, 2008 Cet animal est trs mchant. Quand on l'attaque, il se dfend.Now that the results of the referendum are in and - ignorant of the fact that when Voltaire composed this mot his tongue was firmly in his cheek - the racist opposition in Bolivia to the elected government of their country will be trotting out these words about the wicked animal which defends itself when attacked. The reality is that up and down Latin America from Chiapas and Guatemala ...http://www.newstatesman.com/south-america/2008/08/animal-president-bolivia-cast Top 10 war quotes- August 11, 2008 As Russia's incursion into Georgian territory continues, newstatesman.com looks at quotes on the subject of war 1 The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself. - George W Bush 2 Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms Vladimir Putin 3 When I take ...http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2008/08/war-quotes-russia-bush-hussein What unites all Muslims- August 11, 2008 The Quran is the one thing which all Muslims have in common writes Tajudeen bin Tijani, a researcher and member of the UK Community of Submitters Where does one who lives in the UK begin with regards to identifying the essence of Islam (submission)Well, one will have to embark on a journey of seeking answers to our questions from those who call themselves Muslim (submitter to the will of Allah), or better still Allah (God), if one appreciates some of His attributes already. Note that taking...http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column/2008/08/themselves-muslims-qur-god Praying for the rain not to come- August 11, 2008 Peter Kariuki's haunting photo story of Kenya's abandoned - the hundreds of thousands of people displaced and still living in campsRead the picturing Kenya story here...http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2008/08/kenya-abandoned-hundreds Kenya audio slideshow: Enough- August 11, 2008 A photogallery of the extraordinary funeral of a young boy run over in Nakuru, Kenya whilst collecting firewood; an event that has become symbolic of the suffering of the displacedRead the picturing Kenya story here...http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2008/08/collecting-firewood-kenya Victory for Morales- August 11, 2008 Bolivia's socialist president, Evo Morales, wins a recall referendum reports Carl Packman plus Hugh O'Shaughnessy gives us his analysis of the importance of the victoryA concerted effort to destabilise the government of Bolivia's socialist president Evo Morales looks to have failed after the indigenous leader took on opponents in recall referendum. In June, after the departments of Beni and Pando backed greater regional autonomy in illegal votes Morales told his supporters 'I am not afraid of..http://www.newstatesman.com/south-america/2008/08/evo-morales-president-bolivia Letching at the theatre- August 11, 2008 Rothko vs. Warhol Hadrian Sorry mate, youre only the warm-up act; the real contenders for this years "must-see" exhibition are Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. First up is the Rothko exhibition at Tate Modern. The gallery, which already has a Rothko room, is hosting the first significant exhibition of the artists work for two decades. Warhol, being celebrated at the Hayward, is a little more familiar. The ...http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/08/rothko-bush-work-film Profile: Elizabeth Pisani- August 11, 2008 Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist, who has spent a decade specialising in HIVAids. Lucy Knight examines her vociferous and sometimes controversial approach Early Life Born in 1964 to an American father and an English mother, Elizabeth Pisani found herself placed in a number of different British schools throughout Europe. Eventually her family arrived in Dorset where she took her O-levels. She then attended a sixth form college in Richmond. It was probably the peripatetic existence while...http://www.newstatesman.com/2008/08/hiv-aids-pisani-sex-indonesia |