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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Chemical backlash
War veterans in the US call for a post mortem on the effects of Agent Orange
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Deadly price
even though it is too early to establish the damages caused by the Operation Desert Fox in 1991 by us and uk forces in Iraq, uk -based newspaper Guardian has thrown some
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NGOs protest
AFTER the World War II, thousands were displaced in Slovakia when the government undertook dam construction projects. However, those displaced were neither rehabilitated nor given compensation. The
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Iraq: not guilty ?
TESTS carried out by France and Switzerland have not found any presence of vx, a poison gas on Iraqi warheads. These findings are contrary to those of the US, which had shown presence of the deadly
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Enemy mine
Hunting mines has become easier
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Green kill
The US military pumps over 700 million rounds of ammunition, or some 2,000 tonnes of lead into the environment every year during training. The metal pollutes the water supply and poisons the
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Never mined
A simple, inexpensive device now gives hope to thousands living in fear of stepping on a live landmine
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Smarter mines
US Navy will modify its Quickstrike naval mines so that they can disable enemy mines and clear a safe passage for its ships. The mine is usually dropped from a fighter aircraft. As it falls, air
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Who s who?
A new pattern recognition system promises to make wars safer for the soldiers
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US bares all
after years of concealment from the public, the us administration revealed a small, lightweight nuclear device that was to be delivered to an enemy harbour using a navy or Marine