Panetta Declares 150,000 Deaths (give or take) in Mexico’s Drug War
The Mexican daily La Jornada ran a somewhat confusing front-page article today, headlined “150,000 Deaths in Mexico for Narco-Violence: Panetta”. The paper notes that the US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta made the statement at the first meeting of defense chiefs from Canada, the United States and Mexico, held in Ottawa on Mar. 27. It [...]
INDIA: BSF murders four teenagers and assault their parents for complaining
Mr. U. K. Bansal (IPS), Director General – Border Security Force, Government of India [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Re: INDIA: BSF murders four teenagers and assault their parents for complaining Dear Director General of BSF, Name of victims: 1. Sunil Mondal, son of Mr. Nabadwip Mondal, aged 16 years; 2. Sukumar Mondal, son of Mr. Ramesh [...]
LIBERIA: Inter-Ministerial WASH Conference Ends in Monrovia
A 2-day High Level Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Monrovia with delegates from Liberia and Sierra Leone committing their respective Governments and peoples to three main areas that could address the problems of WASH in both Countries. The delegates committed their Countries to ensuring WASH Sector Financing, Institutional Reforms and quality [...]
Interfaith Bohemian in India
There is a sea change in Hindu Muslim relationship from days of the 1990′s to the beginning of the second decade of the new millennium in India. Those who have been witness to the era 1990s can recall the trail of blood and mayhem that was let loose on the country for the construction of [...]
Air and Water in the OECD Report
Around the world urban air pollution is expected to become one of the biggest environmental causes of premature death in the coming decades. According to an OECD report by 2050, there could be 3.6 million premature deaths a year from exposure to particulate matter. Most of those deaths are expected to come from China and [...]
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