Roadblocks: The Lemonade Stands of Corruption

A quick article about roadblocks in Chad, Central Africa: originally part of the nation's infrastructure, road barriers have become ready-made businesses for those looking to make a quick buck off of motor traffic."The rain gates are installed and manned by the government,...

50 years of Ireland's involvement with peacekeeping overseas

I am sure that many of you will be surprised to learn that the Republic Of Ireland has soldiers operating in a number of different countries including Chad and that a total of 86 Irish soldiers have died in the service of the United Nations since 1960.Since joining the United...

White House Clicks: Don't Have to Tell, Federal Judge Says

Some of us remember the days when it was simple: Richard Nixon, the missing minutes, and Rosemary Woods. Now it's not a tape recording, but millions of emails and cyber traces that are the new battleground"A federal judge ruled Monday that a White House office that has...

UN: over 500,000 people uprooted by conflict this year

Despite intervention from Security Council thousands of people are displaced due to conflict every year. People living in troubled zones like Africa, Ivory Coast, Nepal and East Timor  are trapped in the horror of war. " More than half a million people have...