Calvinism was important in that sense in forging the modern economy and contemporary society. By stressing God’s command to work, Calvinists encouraged the essential capitalist belief that secular success was also a religious imperative, and that idleness and dependency were sins

Gangster Stanley Tookie Williams will be killed by lethal injection today after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block his execution.

AID agencies were yesterday urged to consider using a simple new method of disinfecting contaminated drinking water which could save thousands of lives in the aftermath of major disasters.