Fragile states index annual report 2017
The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are pushing
War
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UNITED NATIONS
About 830 million people around the world have not got sufficient food to eat because of natural disasters, armed conflicts and poverty, says the United Nations World Food Programme. "From generation
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Twice Unlucky
In 1962, it was the Indo Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the Garhwal hills, find themselves at crossroads. They find their means of sustenance cut off. The difference this tim
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A Nobel profession
From war torn countries to nations suffering constantly from natural calamities, Med cins Sans Fronti res, also known as Doctors Without Borders, are everywhere
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations (un) has asked for immediate steps for cleaning the River Danube of wastes gene rated by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato) bombing. Water from the Danube is
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Rings of evidence
Tree trunks tell a tale of post war pollution in the <font class='UCASE'>uk</font><b><i><br>
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Deadly aftermath
according to a report compiled by the United Nations ( un), toxic waste emitted from industrial facilities hit by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato ) air strikes on Yugoslavia
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When nature strikes
Did climatic changes in the Himalaya help the intruders in the Kargil crisis?
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Price of war
greenpeace said nato 's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) bombing of Yugoslavia is not only causing widespread pollution in the Balkans but risking a major nuclear accident. "We are
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The costs of war
Every war has an environmental cost. Armies have been known to degrade the environment, burn fields and forests and poison water sources. Advances in weapon technology have left their mark in
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After the war
SIXTEEN British ex-servicepersons, who served in the 1991 Gulf War, have tested positive for depleted uranium contamination, according to the National Gulf Veterans' and Families' ssociation (ngvfa).