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Straw regrets terrorism delay By Toby Helm and Anton La Guardia (Filed: 20/03/2004) The international community could have prevented September 11 and other terrorist attacks by acting far earlier against al-Qa'eda rather than "turning the other cheek", Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, admits today. In an interview with the Telegraph on the first anniversary of the Iraq war, Mr Straw says that despite the attack on Madrid which killed 202 people, the world is winning the war on terror. But he expresses his deep regret that international leaders "turned the other cheek" for so long, ignoring for eight years "very,...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While most fourth and fifth graders say they would tell a teacher or another adult if one of their peers hit them, some say they would hit back, according to the results of a new study. "Violent behavior peaks at 16 to 17 years of age, but findings from this study indicate such behavior has a trajectory that begins, at the latest, during the early elementary grades," write Dr. James H. Price of the University of Toledo in Ohio and his colleagues. "Parents should support or advocate for formal violence prevention programs starting in the...