Simple day-to-day acts of care and concern have the potential to make a difference for someone struggling with suicide.

Love/Hate star Peter Coonan may play the ultimate hardman in the hit gangland series, but in real life he is urging the nation to reach out to the men in their lives in a bid to stop suicide.

SUICIDE bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan yesterday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.