Iceland volcano: Naval ships sent to rescue stranded Britons
Aircraft carrier and assault ships deployed to boost cross-Channel options for travellers hit by ash cloud flight ban Three Royal Navy ships are on their way to help repatriate up to 200,000 Britons stranded by five day...
Volcanic ash is the new swine flu panic | Simon Jenkins
Putting large, heavy bits of metal into the air is just too much for the psyche of modern regulators – they panic A ship, a ship, my kingdom for a ship. Refugees now herded in airport...
Human rights: the new secular religion | Anthony Julius
The collapse of the socialist project means the new militant is not the party sectarian but the NGO activist When asked about the impact of the French revolution, China\'s first communist premier, Zhou Enlai , replied gnomic...