Posted by warvictims on March 25, 2008
Ethiopia war gets little attention
By Edmund Sanders
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
NAIROBI, KENYA — The teenager awoke under a pile of corpses to a pricking sensation on her face. Ants were biting her eyelids and the inside of her mouth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on March 25, 2008
Sudan accused over Darfur strikes
BBC NEWS
A UN report accuses the Sudanese army of carrying out rapes and looting during attacks in Darfur. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on March 25, 2008
Payments to Afghan civilians shrouded in secrecy
By: Murray Brewster
THE CANADIAN PRESS
There have been at least eight instances in the last two years where the Canadian government has dipped into its pocket to compensate Afghan civilians or their families for accidental deaths or injuries. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on March 25, 2008
The forgotten dead of the Iraq war
By: Bryan Pearson and Nafia Abdul Jabbar
Agence France Presse
While the number of US troops killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion stands at 4,000, up to three times as many Iraqi soldiers have died — and the number of civilians killed runs into tens and probably hundreds of thousands. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on March 25, 2008
2 children, woman among 6 Afghans killed in overnight US raid, official says
By: AMIR SHAH
Associated Press Writer
U.S. forces raided a village near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday and killed six people, including two children and a woman, villagers and a government official said. Read the rest of this entry »
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