Did George Bush, or at the very least, his speechwriters, get one thing right? Were the neo-cons right when they labelled North Korea ‘evil’? Even if they were, did they get it so disasterously wrong about Iraq, and handle all things Iran so badly, that the other 'evil' country was allowed to slip under the radar for a hot minute?

On Wednesday 20th May, an upstairs room at LSE was packed to hear from the brigadistas - six young people who had travelled to revolutionary Cuba on a trip organsied by Rock Around The Blockade, an organisation working in solidarity with Cuba and to dispel some of the myths surrounding life in a socialist society. For all but one of the brigadistas it had been their first visit to Cuba, and they returned keen to give their testimonies.

Someone had to get the boot. Every scandal has a scapegoat and because this was some cross party effrey it was hard to tell who was going to get the boot when it began to hit the fan a couple of weekends ago.

Wednesday July 27th: The people, united, will never be defeated... Cusco, Inca heartland of Peru, is hot and high and alive to the sound of protestors today, as between the heavy beating of a hundred drums shattering off the Cathedral in Plaza de Armas come the voices of thousands of campesinos (country/working people) bringing the city to a standstill:  

By day, Wangfujing Road, located at the heart of Beijing’s Dongcheng District, is home to a cosmopolitan crowd of high-flying professionals, tourists, students and bargain-hungry shoppers. So packed are the pavements of this historic limb of China’s capital, that you eventually tire of apologising for knocking someone over amid the hustle and bustle.

Ayo Gorkhali: Thousands of  Gurkha’s who have served with the British Army will be allowed to settle in England. Absolutely Fabulous actress Joanna Lumley, whose father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles for 30 years, campaigned with numerous Gurkha rights groups to allow veteran Gurkhas, originally from Nepal, to settle in England.

Let me introduce myself. The name's Bede, I'm an adventurer in my early twenties, of mixed origin, from somewhere in north east London. I've been working a range of jobs, from office work and customer services, to coaching.

Ctrl.Alt.Shift were asked to take part in the annual Christian Aid football tournament to raise funds as part of Christian Aid Week. We gathered a squad of eager Ctrl.Alt.Shift ballers for what was due to be a fun day of football – however, we could not have foreseen the efforts that were made to stop us from taking the tiny trophy home.

After being out of the country for a week and missing most of the row over MPs expenses, I was looking forward to Prime Minister's Questions to see what tactics Brown and Cameron would employ as they tried to inflict the maximum damage on each other while seeking to limit the harm caused to their own party's reputations. It was always going to be the main topic.

Toxic Mess or Tanker Company: 30,000 people from the Ivory Coast are suing an oil trading company for dumping toxic waste on the city of Abidjan, leading to chronic sickness across the city. The incident occurred three years ago, but new documents have emerged saying that the company, Trafigura, lied about the danger posed by the waste.