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March 2007 Suicide and suffering grip Europe's nation of orphans The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 2007 The headmaster glanced around the classroom. "Hands up, those of you with parents who are working abroad,'' he told them. A forest of arms shot up; out of a class of 21 pupils at the school in Liteni in northern Romania, only three children kept their hands on their desks.
Iran claims to have confessions from seized British Marines The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 2007 The Iranian military last night claimed its interrogators had extracted confessions from 15 British naval personnel, who had admitted straying illegally into Iranian territorial waters.
UN votes to tighten sanctions on Teheran The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 2007 The United Nations Security Council voted last night to impose tight sanctions on Iran, writes Gethin Chamberlain. The package, aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme, targets its arms exports, its state-owned Bank Sepah and the elite Revolutionary Guard.
Intelligence chiefs were told of Iranian reprisal threat The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 2007 British intelligence chiefs were warned in January to expect reprisal attacks from Iran after America detained five suspected Iranian intelligence officers in Iraq.
'It's been 30 years since our daughter was taken. We just want her back' North Korea admits its spies snatched a 13-year-old girl from the Japanese mainland. It says she is dead, but her parents' search for the truth goes on The Sunday Telegraph, 18 March 2007 Megumi Yokota was 13 when her mother last saw her, dressed for school in her neat white ankle socks, a dark blazer over a dark skirt and pressed white shirt. She was carrying the pink badminton racquet that she took to school every day.
Our corrupt system is failing, admits bank chief The Sunday Telegraph, 18 March 2007 Mafia-style dealings, corruption, and political manipulation have contributed to the economic crisis engulfing Zimbabwe, says the head of the country's central bank.
The forces of change mount against Mugabe The Zimbabwean president's dream of a new term in power looks likely to be shattered by his own MPs and the country's economic woes The Sunday Telegraph, 18 March 2007, Robert Mugabe is facing humiliation at the hands of his rattled political supporters, who appear set on shattering his dream of a fresh term as president of Zimbabwe.
N Korea's ill must choose morphine, amputation or pickled cabbage Measles epidemic exposes precarious state of medical services. The Sunday Telegraph, 11 March 2007 A measles outbreak in North Korea has exposed the lamentable state of the health service in a country which has lavished billions of dollars on developing a nuclear weapons programme.
Petrol is rationed to two tanks a month in oil-rich Iran The Sunday Telegraph, 11 March 2007 Iranians are bracing themselves for a fresh round of belt tightening after their government voted to impose petrol rationing coupled with sharp rises in the price of fuel.
Tribesmen aid hunt for kidnap Britons The Sunday Telegraph, 11 March 2007 British and Ethiopian officials were last night using tribal elders to try to negotiate the release of the four Britons and a French citizen held by kidnappers in a remote area straddling the border with Eritrea.
Kidnap Briton 'strong enough to survive' Foreign Office and SAS teams poised for action as Ethiopia lays blame for tourists' capture at door of Eritrea's military The Sunday Telegraph, 4 March 2007 Friends and family of one of the British women kidnapped in Ethiopia say they believe the strength of her personality will see her through the ordeal.
Warning to Eritrea over seized Britons The Sunday Telegraph, 4 March 2007 Britain warned Eritrea last night that it expected the prompt release of a group of diplomat tourists after claims that soldiers of that country were behind a cross-border raid on a remote region of neighbouring Ethiopia.
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