Archive for December 22nd, 2007
Number of conflicts in the world no longer declining
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under conflict
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University reported today on an alarming, but not surprising trend in global conflicts. After a precipitous and steady drop in conflicts through the 1990’s, conflicts are no longer in decline.
The report finds:
“The trend toward fewer conflicts reported by peace researchers since the early 1990s now seems […]
First Ever Citizen Journalism School Opens
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under citizen journalism, media
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The world’s first citizen journalism school is now open for business and blogging. Unlike the traditional journalism schools across the world, this one is focused exclusively on digital media reporting and technology.  Set 90 minutes out of Seoul, South Korea, that school focuses students education on user generated content and teaching the basics on […]
Musharraf Fails to Keep Pakistani Safe
Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under terrorism
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf claimed his state-of-emergency declaration last month was needed to make the country safer against terrorism. Apparently, that effort did not work.
Pakistani investigators are searching for clues in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the restive northwest Friday that killed at least 50 people. The apparent target of the attack, former […]