Vanishing habitats: The battle to save the Atlantic Forest (Independent)
Walking through the ancient Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia in Brazil is like taking a pilgrimage through a living version of a Gothic cathedral. Immense columns of trees surge up towards the brilliant flecks of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy high overhead - giving the visual effect of a stained-glass ceiling held by timber pillars.

I ve looked at life from both sides now (Times Online)
Hani rises at dawn each day to see what his neighbours have done to his house overnight. There s usually something. The night I stayed with him, someone attacked his vines. I accompanied him on his early morning patrol, shivering and wary as the pale sun rose over the ochre hills of Hebron.

Peachtree Appoints New Senior Vice President and Director of Life Finance (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.----Peach Holdings, Inc. announces the appointment of Ernest Jordan as Senior Vice President and Director of Life Finance. In his new position, Mr. Jordan will be the head of both the life settlement and premium finance businesses .

New Labour has welcomed million new UK citizens (Daily Telegraph)
British citizenship has been granted to one million foreign nationals since Labour came to power in 1997, official figures showed yesterday.