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Think of the starving children in India before you waste the food on your plate, my friends' mothers would say to them. This was in the '60s in New York, where I lived as a child. It was really hurtful and made me feel inferior. So were the taunts by the bullies about my being a "Hindoo" and "cow worshipper". The only people... 

(24 May) - Government ministers' pay will remain frozen for the next five years, David Cameron has announced Writing in the Sunday Times, the prime minister said we were "all in this together" when it came to paying off the national debt. His pledge will save about £800,000 a year and £4m by 2020. The decision means ministerial... 

Senate passes bill granting Obama ‘fast-track’ TPP authority U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) meets with the leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries in Beijing November 10, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) The US Senate passed a controversial “fast-track” trade bill in a 62-37 vote on Friday. It is...