Child Hunger in Iraq; The State of the Planet

Child hunger in Iraq has doubled to 8% for Children in Iraq since the war on Iraq began, according to a report prepared for the annual meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Concerns were also expressed with respect to North Korea and Darfur Province. So, it would seem the the picture is not as rosy as The Washington neocons would have us believe. What else is new?

In other shitty news, 1360 scientists from 95 countries have reported that "Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or "dead zones" in the seas,", according to Reuters Alertnet. Maybe this'll finally motivate us to act.