AS holiday time eases the pressure on family routines, experts recommend taking the time to plan more family meals.

Very many of us will know, or have learnt from experience, that when things are really difficult, when our options are very limited, that turning to our family for support is often the best and only realistic option.

AMERICA could never stand accused of doing things by half.

Bahrain’s leaders banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets, intensifying a brutal crackdown that killed five anti-government protesters, injured more than 200 and turned a hospital into a cauldron of anguish and rage against the monarchy.

A UNIVERSITY student jumped to his death from a bridge after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online.

The top US diplomat in Burma was summoned today for rare talks with the hardline government a day after its leader announced a conditional offer to meet detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

Racist remarks by US radio host Don Imus got him fired by CBS yesterday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation’s most prominent broadcasters.