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"Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence."

—Erich Fromm (1900-80) German-born American psychoanalyst, emphasized role of social conditioning

 

World News From BBC

Naked mole-rat gives cancer clues  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:01:25 GMT
A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists. 
Silver 'boost to antibiotic success'  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:21:51 GMT
Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests. 
Corbisiero named in Lions Test side  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:12:52 GMT
Prop Alex Corbisiero is the surprise inclusion in a Lions team featuring eight Welshmen for the first Test against Australia. 
Newcastle situation sickens Shearer  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:48:15 GMT
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been undermined by Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football, says Alan Shearer. 
How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:30 GMT
The Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation knows what happened, and does not forget? 
The air force pilot who took her baby on missions  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:48 GMT
Colonel Nabizada - Afghanistan's first woman helicopter pilot - often shares her cockpit with her baby daughter 
UN condemns 'despicable' Somali raid  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:28:59 GMT
UN head Ban Ki-moon expresses outrage over a "despicable" attack by Islamists on a UN office in Somalia which killed at least 15 people. 
Race to save India flood victims  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:53:49 GMT
India's army steps up efforts to reach the worst-affected areas in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand, where nearly 150 people have died. 
Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:26:22 GMT
Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles. 
Mexico arrests top 10 US fugitive  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:38 GMT
A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico. 
Protests flare over Egypt governor  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:53:49 GMT
Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor. 
FBI uses surveillance drones in US  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:55:40 GMT
The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate. 
Schools 'let down invisible poor'  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:47:47 GMT
The problem of pupil underachievement has shifted from inner cities to schools in suburbs, coastal towns and rural areas, education watchdog Ofsted says. 
10 children hurt in crash near school  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:08:22 GMT
Adults and children are hurt in a "very serious accident" involving a car outside a school in south Wales. 
Strong rise in UK retail sales  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:31 GMT
UK retail sales recorded a larger-than-expected rise last month, helped by a strong increase in food sales, official figures show.