Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.

The world has seen major improvements in key areas like literacy, access to clean water and infant mortality, writes Gwynne Dyer.

90 days is currently the magic number.

The chances of meeting any of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals seem remote.

Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.

Tariana Turia, co-leader of the Maori Party, writes about the foreshore and seabed debates and tides of change.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has been found guilty on eight breaches of suppression orders and one of identifying a victim.

Judy McGregor argues that the 90-day period poses a threat to fundamental human rights.

Iran has sentenced a woman facing execution for adultery to 99 lashes for allowing an unveiled photo of herself to appear in a UK newspaper.

It's all very well for Time magazine to wring its hands over the wretched women of Afghanistan, but what about innocent children in Massachusetts?

News Ltd has one month to sell or close its local paper in Fiji, a spokeswoman for the country's interim government says.

Cameron Slater denied he had identified people with name suppression on his blog when he appeared in court today.