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Neither War Nor Peace
As separatists in Eastern Ukraine hoist new Donetsk Republic flags over captured government buildings, Russia masses 40,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, and the Ukrainian acting President puts his nation’s forces on com...
WATCH: Mapping Out Global Slavery in 2013
We tend to talk about slavery as a thing of the past, a dark passage of history that is long gone. This is far from reality. According to the Global Slavery Index 2013, released by the Walk Free Foundation on 17 October 2013, a...
Academic Freedom At Risk At Columbia College, As Palestine Increasingly Becomes A Taboo in America
Academics and human rights activists across the world have recently started a petition to defend academic freedom after a class about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was cancelled at Columbia College, Chicago, o...
Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq
On Saturday 12th another car bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Samarra killing at least 14. Civilians, and more recently school children, have been deliberately targeted in attacks. The fact that the car bomb exploded in a sh...
The Death And Gloom Of Donetsk And Gaza
There were two headline-grabbing events on Thursday, July 17: the downing of Malaysian Flight MH17, presumably by separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the beginning of Israel’s ground assault into the Gaza Strip. While the for...
Infographic: Things China Makes
We’re all used to flipping an item over and reading the words “Made In China” on the back. A few days ago it was reported that China’s manufacturing activity is at a 16 month high. It makes you wonder e...
