Drought counselling:?start-stop? approach
The Nationals Member for Benalla, Dr Bill Sykes, will lead a deputation to the Victorian Community Services Minister next week to argue for a more streamlined approach to drought counselling funding.

Mumbai hits the gym, seeks counselling
Days after militant attacks killed 183 people in India's financial capital, residents are reacting to the stress.

Charity 'wrong' to sack Christian counsellor
A counselling charity agreed today that it wrongfully dismissed a Christian counsellor who refused to offer sexual technique advice to homosexual couples.

Social services gap hits 905
The underfunding of social services saddens Elisha Laker of York Region's family services because he knows how valuable counselling and programs are in helping those facing anxiety, depression and family conflict in harsh economic times.

Have you considered a career in Aids counselling?
Today is World Aids Day and it highlights work and volunteer opportunities for those who are determined to make a difference.

City watch
THE Befrienders will be holding their 3rd Annual Charity Fun Walk this Sunday at 7.30am at Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, to raise funds for their counselling service to the distressed or suicidal. Activities include a fancy dress contest for children, a treasure hunt and an amateur photography contest.

Key questions that help marriages last
Couples are getting married, becoming parents and embarking on long-term relationships without discussing the basics of their shared futures, research has revealed. Many do not discuss whether they want children, if they will have a joint bank account and how they will share out the domestic chores, according to the study by Marriage Care, a charity that provides relationship counselling ...

In full: Jacqui Smith's letter
The full text of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's letter to Tory counterpart Dominic Grieve over the Damian Green leak row.

Fears mount for future of local counselling service
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A 'marital aid' for the HIV infected
MUMBAI, INDIA: While, December first is observed as World AIDS Day across the globe, including India, people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (AIDS) needs more than just medical care and counselling.

Canadian Forces review soldier's case after court sentence
The case of a CFB Gagetown soldier sentenced on Monday to probation for hitting his wife has prompted an internal review by the Canadian Forces.

Rwanda: Voluntary HIV Testing - Bravo MTN
Today the world celebrates World Aids Day. The theme this year centres around voluntary counseling and testing, with the United Nations launching the World Aids Campaign of promoting Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) to reduce new HIV infections.

Pledge Watch
Did Blunkett's 'one stop shops' for justice happen?

Pledge Watch: Community courts
What happened to David Blunkett's 2003 pledge to create "one-stop shops" for justice?

Grammar school boy - 'a lovely young lad' - found dead in his home
Detectives are investigating the death of a grammar school boy whose body was found early this morning at his home.

Officer called in to probe MP's arrest
London police have asked a senior officer to review their handling of the arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green last week, amid a growing political storm and accusations the police have been heavy-handed.

Girl (6) drowns at school
A six-year-old girl's body was found in her school swimming pool in Johannesburg.

Jail term spells end of career for ABC reporter
THE journalist Peter Lloyd has lost his job at the ABC after pleading guilty yesterday to three drugs charges, including the possession of "ice". He will spend the next 10 months in a communal cell in Singapore's Changi prison, sleeping on a straw mat on a concrete floor.

TANZANIA: The downside of an economic boom
Source: IRIN For two months of the year, James Lusago can count on a steady income from working in the rice fields of Pawaga, in the southwestern Tanzanian region of Iringa. But there's a dangerous side effect to this temporary economic freedom: lonely and far from family and friends, he spends part of his salary on sex.

Tories release film of Commons search
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives have released film of a police raid on the Westminster office of MP Damian Green amid a growing political storm that threatens to overshadow Wednesday's royal reopening of Parliament.