A statistic from 60 minutes, “Every year, malnutrition kills five million children — that’s one child every six seconds.” In 1999 André Briend invented a peanut butter-like substance full of vitamins and minerals that serves as a food supplement. It has saved many from certain death. In countries where malnutrition is the main cause of […]
Salih Saif Aldin
There have been 119 journalists killed in Iraq since the war started. Covering the Iraq War is the most dangerous assignment in the world for a reporter. Most of the time they are accompanied by security guards when they are sent into violent neighborhoods to cover a story. The security guards weren’t able […]
George Frenkel
Specifically, WWII interrogators from Fort Hunt, Virginia. During WWII these men, who are in their 80’s and 90’s today, didn’t use torture. From the Washington Post article:
“We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture,” said Henry Kolm, 90, an […]
Burmese Buddhist monks are getting killed protesting the military dictatorship in Myanmar(Burma). This recent protest started over a week ago over a gas price hike that is hurting the working class of the nation. The story from last week as reported by the BBC is here. The monks along with others are protesting the military […]
