A spin on suicide bombings
"Their forces committed su icide by the hundreds... The battle is very fierce and God made us victorious. The fighting continues. Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them." - Melville Cooke

Rifts in the Anglican communion
WITH THE ordination of its first openly-gay bishop in the US having gone ahead, over some fierce objections, the Anglican Church faces its gravest crisis in a long time. - John Rapley

Diaspora and techno-intelligence
THE NATION'S Chief Scientist should be happy with all this talk of the Jamaican Diaspora helping out at home. - Martin Henry