TRIBUTES were today paid to an award-winning Cumbrian farmer found hanged in a barn at the weekend.

Father-of-two Ian Bouch, 38, was discovered in a building on his farm, at Blackford, near Carlisle, on Sunday.

He had fought against depression for three years and his wife Lorna, their two young sons, and other family members have been left distraught by his death.

Their only c...

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Should Belfast City Airport be renamed in honour of football legend George Best?

Where should the new Northern Ireland sports stadium be built?

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Harvard President Lawrence Summers stirred controversy earlier this year with his comments on the lack of women in the sciences. But if he had poked his head into a geology class at Yale, he might have noticed that women geology and geophysics majors at the University consistently outnumber men.

Martha Bell '04, who double majored in archeology and geology and geophysics, said her major ...

"Ahmadinejad's behavior has annoyed many fellow conservatives. That he doesn't like to consult with anybody outside his small circle of old friends is a reality," said Ghodratollah Rahmani, a conservative writer.

"He doesn't consult even with knowledgeable people in his own camp," he said.

Since taking office in August, Ahmadinejad has jettisoned Iran's moderation in foreign pol...

"Thanksgiving is when we get lists of what family members want," said Tresa Undem, an analyst with Lake Research Partners, a District of Columbia-based polling firm. So she'll go back to the office today and start checking things off her list. "We all work hard, so if we spend 10 minutes shopping," she said, "I don't think it's a big deal."

The online retail industry has taken to calli...

It is therefore simply not good enough for the chairman of the ruling party to get himself trapped or to talk loosely thereby bring the party and Presidency into disrepute.

Esseku's rebuttal in the Accra Mail is at best nonsense at worst a complete betrayal of the President. Never mind the professionalism of the Ghana media and Esseku falling into a trap. What trap? Every politician in t...

He noted that active performers have a unique role to play to help their retired colleagues out of their present predicament and most essentially for the latter to impart their knowledge to the active young ones.

Nana who has been appointed patron of the Retired Footballers Association of Ghana was addressing members and some old sportsmen who called on him at his Palace in Sekondi after ...

The American Alpine Journal: World's Most Significant Climbs

The blurb: "Published annually since 1929, this is internationally renowned as the finest publication of its kind -- the world's 'journal of record' for documenting significant climbs. In the Features Stories section, we hear from those who have made many of the most impressive first-ascents of the years: the big routes...

CHELSEA, Mich. - Before we begin in earnest, let's clear up a few common misconceptions and complete untruths about Jeff Daniels, the most famous resident of this insanely bucolic town, about 10 miles west of Ann Arbor. Let's start with his hometown.

Misconception, No. 1: Chelsea has problems. Every place has its problems, you say. But that's only because you haven't walked the street...

Kimberly Stewart arrives to the Teen People Celebrates its Artists of the Year Issue Party at Element in Los Angeles on Monday Feb. 14, 2005. Stewart and "Laguna Beach" star Talan Torriero say their wedding plans are off. "It was just too soon to enter into a lifelong commitment," their representatives said Sunday Nov. 27, 2005 in a joint statement. (AP Photo/Chris Polk)

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