Nicholas D. Kristof

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

I find the fact that more than 750,000 children still die every year around the world because of severe dehydration due to diarrhea unacceptable.