A surge in violence during the past three months has left hundreds dead across eastern and southern Afghanistan. Presumed Taliban militants have carried out suicide bombings and kidnapped or killed aid and election workers, and fighting has also increased between… Read moreViolence rises ahead of Afghan elections
The circumstances are still sketchy, but the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico, has announced it is going on “red alert”. This account from VOA, June 21: Mexico’s Zapatista rebel group has declared a state of emergency,… Read moreZapatistas go on “Red Alert”
Right-wing settlers from the West Bank have been holed up in the Maoz Hayam hotel in the illegal Jewish colony of Gush Katif in the occupied Gaza Strip. Some 30 families have moved in the past few weeks to fortify… Read moreSome settlers push back, pt. 3: Palestinians attacked near Jewish militant redoubt
HOW DE BODY? One Man’s Terrifying Journey Through an African War by Teun Voeten St. Martins Press, 2002 by Bill Weinberg Belgium-based Dutch photojournalist Teun Voeten was already a veteran of the bloodbaths in Bosnia, Rwanda, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Colombia… Read moreHope and Horror in Sierra Leone
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