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Sub-Saharan Africa world’s most corrupt region, but conflict and corruption are linked
We need to understand the international dimension of conflicts in Africa and examine Western rationales that drive it
Experts see big holes in cluster bomb ban
An agreement banning cluster bombs has cheered human rights campaigners, but powerful military states are refusing to join it and experts say the treaty is riddled with holes and…
Gore: Climate change worse than feared
Climate change is occurring far more rapidly than even the worst predictions of the United Nations Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore said on…
Attack on Iran may ‘open Pandora’s box’
The United States could unleash vastly superior firepower if it attacked Iran but Tehran could strike back against its forces in Iraq and threaten oil supplies crucial to the…
Al-Qaeda has revived and spread
Al-Qaeda has revived, extended its influence, and has the capacity to carry out a spectacular strike similar to the September 11 attacks on the United States, one of the world’s…