Mississippi This article is more than 1 year oldMississippi school district upholds teacher’s firing for reading I Need a New Butt! to kidsThis article is more than 1 year oldToby Price, an assistant principal who plans to pursue an appeal with the chancery courts of Mississippi, was fired in March The firing of a Mississippi assistant principal for reading pupils a humorous children’s book, I Need A New Butt!, has been upheld by his school district.

France This article is more than 14 years oldS&M lover convicted of French banker's murderThis article is more than 14 years old Millionaire's mistress faces up to 20 years for shooting Victim 'had threatened to take back $1m gift'Cécile Brossard, the shop assistant-turned-artist who shot dead one of France's richest men while he was tied to a chair during a sadomasochistic sex session, was today found guilty of unpremeditated murder by a court in Geneva.

World libraryGlobal developmentReviewOur literary tour of Mexico starts with its bloody revolution and ends with political disappointment and the fight for a better futureThe Years With Laura Díaz by Carlos FuentesFuentes's epic novel uses one woman's life and loves to sweep through 100 years of Mexican history. Laura Díaz – daughter, sister, wife, mother, lover – comes of age during the long, bloody Mexican revolution (1910-20). The execution of her half-brother Santiago (from one of four generations of Santiagos in the novel) by firing squad at the start of the revolution launches her political journey.

Cif beliefPhilosophy This article is more than 13 years oldThe Book of Job, part 1: Who was Job? Why does he matter?This article is more than 13 years oldAlexander GoldbergThe Book of Job is the first document in history to take seriously the question of why really bad things happen to really good peopleMy introduction to the Book of Job (Iyov in Hebrew) was not a promising one. I was in my early teens.

The streets in Vejer- a Spanish Pueblo blanco. Photograph: Nazia Parveen/The GuardianThe streets in Vejer- a Spanish Pueblo blanco. Photograph: Nazia Parveen/The GuardianAndalucia holidaysThis Andalucían town has centuries of stories to tell, from the Moors to the Romans. But it’s a Scotsman who has written its latest chapter, transforming a sleepy backwater into a tourist hub Just above the horizon, wild horses gallop around a white domed building while, within petting distance, a small donkey munches on wild poppies and purple periwinkle.