Just found a very interesting website

[uppityperson]

http://www.irinnews.org/
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
It has sections for Africa, Asia and the MiddleEast, with news clips under each heading and the qualifier:
< This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations>. It looks like they gather news from various places and post it here. It is amazing what is going on.

[etherealtruth]

1. I wasn't aware of this site ... Thank you n/t

[MuseRider]

2. That is an

interesting site. Thanks for posting it.

[uppityperson]

3. Way more stuff going on than I've found in other media sites

especially Africa, the forgotten continent. Makes me realize having my webserver/email down for days is minor.

[MuseRider]

4. Amazing the

comparison and the small things we get so darned upset about.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. thank you for this site i will use it to educate many students....

Peace Under Fire - Sudan's Darfur Crisis - May 2004 especially
and

Our Bodies...their battleground: Gender-based Violence during Conflict - September 2004

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[uppityperson]

6. Categories, areas, pictures, news

I keep thinking people are basically good and I only hear of a few bad ones but this sort of stuff makes me think I don't know what I am thinking.

News like this I hadn't heard about, even with all the Iraq news:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47055&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ
Tests continuing on contaminated wheat

BAGHDAD, 11 May 2005 (IRIN) - While tests continue on contaminated wheat flour previously included in monthly food rations for millions of Iraqis, doctors fear it may already have been consumed with possible detrimental affects on health.

The Iraqi government suspended the import of the wheat from Australia on 18 April, after traces of iron dust were found. There is still no confirmation as to how the particles entered the wheat.

“We have to study the situation carefully as we are talking about a very delicate issue and we don’t want to accuse anyone without full confirmation and our laboratories are working hard for a very precise result,” Minister of Trade (MoT), Abdel Basset, told IRIN in Baghdad.