By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, Port-au-Prince
For children, the streets of Port-au-Prince are some of the most dangerous in the world.
Even before the earthquake, kidnap gangs were estimated to take thousands of children from the slums and streets of the Haitian capital every year.
But the quake has made the situation even worse. Now there are thousands [...]
A charity in Haiti say some of the children identified as orphans by a group of Americans who were taking them out of the country may have parents.
SOS Children’s Villages said at least one of the 33 youngsters, a little girl, insisted her parents were alive.
The 10 Americans, who are now in police custody, [...]
Pop stars Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift have each picked up two early Grammy Awards at the start of the prestigious music ceremony in Los Angeles.
Risque singer Lady GaGa won best dance recording for Poker Face and best electronic/dance album for The Fame.
Taylor Swift won best country song and best female country vocal performance, [...]
Breast reductions for men are the fastest growing part of the cosmetic surgery industry for the second year running.
Numbers rose by 80% last year, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps).
Pressure created by men’s magazines is partly to blame, said a top surgeon.
Overall, cosmetic surgery appears to be defying the [...]
A plan to halve the number of smokers in England over the next 10 years has been unveiled by ministers.
The number of people smoking has fallen by a quarter in the past decade to 21%, and the proposed target is 10% by 2010.
Measures being considered include removing branding from packets and banning cigarette vending [...]