Darfur Rebels 101

Darfur Rebels 101

It is conventional wisdom among diplomats, journalists, and analysts that Darfur’s rebel groups are hopelessly fractured into scores of rival factions, most of which are little more than clusters of bandits who opportunistically profit from lawlessness and chaos that has resulted from the war. While this may have been true for a period [...]

Cholera Cases Exceed 60,000 in Zimbabwe

The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to tackle the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. WHO reports the number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe has exceeded its nightmare scenario of 60,000.  
The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action from the international and national communities to reverse the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe.
WHO Assistant [...]

Congo’s Dangerous Crossroads

Congo’s Dangerous Crossroads

Last week’s arrest of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and the deployment of an estimated 4,000 Rwandan soldiers into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, as part of joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, represent a major, and dangerous, crossroads. One on [...]

Greenpeace opens an office in the DRC

Matadi, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the — Greenpeace today marked the opening of its office in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by welcoming Congolese officials aboard its ship, the Arctic Sunrise, currently docked in Matadi, the country’s principal port for timber exports.
The inauguration takes place as the legality review of 156 logging titles [...]

Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been removed from office

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office Thursday, marking the first time in the state’s long history of political corruption that a chief executive has been impeached and convicted.
The 59-0 vote followed several hours of public deliberation in which senator after senator stood up to blast Blagojevich, whose [...]

Raccoon bites off rapist’s penis

A FEISTY raccoon has bitten off a pervert’s PENIS as he was trying to rape the animal.
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Picture of the day

Refugees in Congo
(LIONEL HEALING, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Children walk through a transit camp for ex-rebel soldiers of the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) on January 26, in Kasiki, 190 kms north-west of Goma. At least 160 FDLR rebels have disarmed and have been waiting for repatriation to Rwanda since July 2008. Congolese and Rwandan [...]

Happy Anniversary

I can’t believe it has been a year since I started this blog.
12,000 hits. Wow!
Thank you all so much!

Recipe of the day

Chicken Cobb Salad

Scripture of the day

17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest [...]

Picture of the day

Lions in Norway
(TOR ERIK SCHRODER, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Three lion cubs run in deep snow on January 26, at the Dyreparken zoo in Kristiansand, southern Norway.

LA man upset over job kills wife, 5 kids, himself

LOS ANGELES – A man fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself Tuesday after he faxed a note to a TV station claiming the couple had just been fired from their hospital jobs and together planned the killings as an escape for the whole family. “Why leave our children in someone else’s hands,” [...]

Jurors weep at details of ‘Baby Grace’ torture

GALVESTON, Texas – Jurors wept Tuesday watching a woman describe how teaching her 2-year-old daughter proper manners turned into a daylong torture session in which the toddler was beaten with belts, dunked in cold water and flung across a room so violently that she died.
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Polar bears are suffering, and need your help NOW

Polar bears are in danger and need your immediate support. Populations are declining and polar bears are finding it harder to find food.Please help now.  In the Arctic:

Only about 43% (less than half!) of polar bear cubs in Alaska’s Beaufort Region survives their first year.
Polar bear populations have dropped as much as 22% in the [...]

Obama Helps Greater Yellowstone Wolves Dodge Bullet

A Lasting Future?

President Obama has suspended the Bush Administration’s deadly plan for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the rest of the Northern Rockies, but the future of these animals is far from certain.

Urge President Obama and Dale Hall, head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to permanently abandon Bush’s deadly plan for Greater Yellowstone [...]