The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, The Honorable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, endorsed the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children yesterday.

Steven Spielberg has an uncanny knack for tapping into the public's fantasies and fears. So the fact that his latest TV blockbuster, Terra Nova, is about an escape from an over-populated and polluted Earth should give us food for thought as we earthlings pass the seven billion mark.

By Nel Hedayat
Presenter, The Truth About Child Brides (BBC News)

Millions of girls across the world end up as child brides, despite the practice being outlawed in many countries. But some girls are defying their families' attempts to marry them off. Some 10 million girls a year are married off before the age of 18 across the world, according to a Unicef report released this year.