A report says wars are less deadly than they once were and national mortality rates have continued to decline, even during conflicts, due to smaller scale fighting and better healthcare. The report by a Canada-based project sponsored by four European governments also dismissed a widely-cited figure of 5.4 million people […]

[ …  for not sharing their obscene profits ] [ Nigeria’s main rebel group attacked a jetty used by oil tankers in Lagos Harbour ] Nigeria’s strongest militant group has threatened to unleash “an all-out assault” on the oil and gas industry after calling off a three-month ceasefire. The Movement […]

January 30, 2010 The world’s TV is showing, as we might expect, a false picture of reality. In the case of Haiti, this is all the more outrageous given the circumstances. With barely disguised racism they paint the picture of a people who are suffering but “ignorant” and “barbarous”, incapable […]

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