WHEN I was six, I was in a children’s gospel choir. Most of the songs we sang were standards such as ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children’ or ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’ — not complicated stuff to understand.

US GOVERNMENT investigators want to question would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid because they believe it is likely he has “important information” about terrorist activities.

Federal investigators said today that they believe it is likely that would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid has “important information” about terrorist activities, and told a judge that they would like to question him, but do not believe he is entitled to a public defender now that his criminal case is over.