Archive for November, 2007
The World’s Most Polluted Places
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under pollution
Forbes Magazine released its newest list. And unlike the Forbes 400, this is one you do not want to be on.
According to Forbes:
Black snow. Coal dust. Sulfuric air. Welcome to life in the world’s most polluted places.
Chockablock with heavy metals, chemical waste, air pollutants and, in the case of infamous Chernobyl, Ukraine, deadly radiation, […]
Bush Pledges to Personally ‘facilitate’ peace negotiations
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Israel, Palestine
Speaking today to CNN, President Bush said he would personally “facilitate” peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis. Bush believes the formation of a democratic Palestinian state was the best way to end Mideast violence. 7 years after taking office and pulling the US out of the middle east peace process, Bush has suddenly […]
Read More..>>Fighting HIV/AIDS in Zambia
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under AIDS, Africa
20% of the entire Zambian population has AIDS, according to the 2006 Global Report on the Epidemic. The illness affects more women than men in sub-Sahara Africa. With half of the Zambian population under the age of 15, it has been estimated that there are 710,000 AIDS orphans in the nation. Faced […]
Read More..>>U.N. Report Warns That Rich Countries Must Do More on Climate Change
Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under climate crisis
A new UN report on climate change was released today. There are two points of great interest here. First, the report details how the trappings of poverty - inability to collect fresh water, floods, and droughts - will all increase as greenhouse gases rise. Secondly, and perhaps most important, the report stresses the need for […]
Read More..>>Stephen King: “It’s time for somebody to discuss the difference between real news and fake news”
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under media
iConflict was founded on the belief that much of the conflicts and crises facing the world today are ignored by and large by the mainstream media….Apparently, Stephen King agrees with this notion. He spoke to Time magazine about what he sees as the inequities of news coverage.
When iConflict.com launches in 2008, we have to […]
TED Returning to Africa
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under Africa
As a big admirer of TED, I was really pleased to get this email today from the organization. Although the recently held TEDAfrica event was billed as a one time event, it was so popular they just had to bring it back.
For those who have never been to a TED conference or haven’t downloaded […]
Fighting back in Zambia against HIV/AIDS
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under AIDS, Africa
As HIV/AIDS roars through Africa, how does government respond to such a crisis? In Zambia, starting in 2004, they banned condom distribution in all schools. Today, more and more young people of this African nation are afflicted with the virus.
iConflict friend and contributor Henry Namwenda of Zambia gave us some interesting information (as […]
Read More..>>My Man Jay-Z
Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under MDG's, UN
Rapper Jay-Z recently produced multimedia campaign called “Water for Life” which highlights the worsening water and sanitation crisis in impoverished nations. campaign which he developed with the United Nations. Ending such conditions is part of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s).
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was delighted by Jay-Z’s advocacy. In a prepared […]
Musharref Feels the Heat, While Putin Turns Back the Clock
Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under Elections, Musharref, Pakistan, Putin, Russia
He’s back…As if Benizar Bhutto’s return didn’t put President/General Musharref in a tight spot now he has other problems to contend with. The Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who fled the country during the Musharref military coup in 1999, made a successful comeback from exile on Sunday in his second attempt this […]
Read More..>>Australia Decides…President Bush Can’t Be Happy
Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under Bush, Elections
In Australia, John Howard’s government came down in a thud, rejected in a landslide defeat. The incoming Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, got a congratulatory call from President George Bush. It wouldn’t be surprising if President Bush was less than thrilled with the Australian electorate. First, Rudd has called for troop withdrawals from […]
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