AMONGST the furore over US President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, there will be real chords struck for millions of people across the world.

THIS weekend marks World Food Day (October 16) and UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17).

THE shocking images of bloodied children walking the streets of quake-hit Haiti have touched even the hardest of hearts.

NEXT Monday is World Health Day which has been celebrated each year since 1950.