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Gaza

Operation Autumn Clouds, November 2006. The Israeli Army has left the norther ...

Eating Disorders/Body Image

Obesity is becoming the major health crisis of the next generation. 1 in ...

Donald Rumsfeld

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, considered to be one of the prime archi ...

Haiti Held Ransom

Democratically elected, Jean Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by a military c ...

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IRAQ

Saddam Hussein's capture was supposed to herald a new era of tranquility in Iraq but it appears that the insurgency continues in every corner of the country sponsored by a variety of self interested groups who are either trying to ...

Somalia - A Broken State

Somalia has been without an effective central government since President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. Years of fighting between rival warlords ...

AIDS in India

HIV/AIDS is running rampant throughout the world's second most populous nation. Cultural traditions, a growing sexual openness, slow government inter ...

AIDS in Congo

The death toll from the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the highest ever attributed to war in Africa, or indeed, ...

Darfur - War Without End

Since 2003 a war has been raging in Darfur under the watchful eye of the world's political elite. Well-meaning politicians and celebrities have beate ...

Diamond Mining

It is estimated that at least one million Africans earn pennies a day in the backbreaking and increasingly fruitless search for diamonds - a $60-bill ...

USA in Iraq and Afghanistan

Following two months of heavy U.S. led bombardments, Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters have no choice but surrender. Various tribes and ethnic groups hav ...