Telegraph: In a letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, was told that he had less than a month to provide written undertakings that the party would abide by race relations legislation.
John Wadham, legal director of the Commission, said that the watchdog was concerned that the BNP’s constitution and [...]

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EUObserver: European institutions, especially the European Commission, should be given more power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday (19 June), in a foretaste of his upcoming EU reform proposals.
“I am really for a strong European Commission, a strong Council [the institution representing EU member states] and a strong European Parliament,” Mr Sarkozy said [...]

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The Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомор translation: death by starvation) refers to the famine of 1932–1933 in the Ukrainian SSR during which millions of people were starved to death because of the Soviet policies that forced farmers into collective farms. The Holodomor is considered one of the greatest national calamities to affect the Ukrainian nation in modern [...]

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Telegraph: Students should be able to take brain boosting drugs like Ritalin to get better exam results, an expert has said.
John Harris, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, said that it was “not rational to be against human enhancement” and that the drugs could help people become better educated.
“Smart drugs” are increasingly being [...]

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The Baltic Times : VILNIUS – The Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) has voted to pass the amended Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information, which would see information about homosexuality banned from schools and other places that can be accessed by youths.
“The subject of homosexuality is not welcome in our [...]

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Telegraph: Phyllip Cadwallader, 43, had called in to light a candle in memory of his late mother before competing in a running race.
He was dressed in a shirt, trousers and pair of brogues, but aroused attention because of he has a shaven head, tattoos and was carrying a bag.
BBC Radio 4 was about to start [...]

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Mail Online: He is typically remembered as Robin Hood’s white, fat and balding companion.
But for the latest instalment of the BBC show, producers have reinvented Friar Tuck – as a black marital arts expert.
The fighting monk is played by Criminal Justice actor David Harewood, who had to undergo gruelling training sessions for the role.
The [...]

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Mail Online: A Labour minister has sparked controversy by claiming that an alternative symbol is needed for the Red Cross because of the logo’s supposed links to the Crusades.
Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant said that the historic emblem risked undermining the work of the humanitarian organisation.
His intervention came as MPs debated the adoption of the [...]

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London Evning Standart: The British National Party will be forced to admit black and Jewish members under the Government’s new Equalities Bill, ministers revealed today.
Commons leader Harriet Harman said the new legislation would make it illegal to have a “whites-only” political party in the UK.
Under the BNP’s constitution, membership is “strictly defined” as “indigenous Caucasian”.
Ms [...]

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