A US man’s decision to lash out with a billboard advert saying his ex-girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes has sparked a legal debate over free speech and privacy rights

A WOMAN who said she saw her son interviewed on Iraqi television as one of the US soldiers taken prisoner has begged US President George W Bush: "Please do something for my son".

The mother of a captured US soldier who was paraded and questioned in front of tv cameras by the Iraqis has said she was praying for his rescue.

Religious fanatics in America are to burn hundreds of Harry Potter books claiming they are an "abomination to God".