The Independent On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin, By Marie Colvin | Spanning a quarter of a century of reporting, the book includes her dispatch from East Timor in 1999; horrifying descriptions of women and children so desperate to seek sanctuary in a UN compound th... (photo: EC / European Commission 2012) Aid Humanitarian Journalism Photos Timor Wikipedia: Humanitarianism Scoop UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United Nations envoy in Somalia, Aug... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Civil Photos Somalia UN Violence Wikipedia: Somalia Top Stories The Guardian Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors | Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A moth... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy) Africa Doctors Health Photos Sudan Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains Japan Times Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis | WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has agreed with European Union leaders to work together in addressing Europe's sovereign debt crisis, a Japanese offici... (photo: EC / EC) Debt Europe Japan Leaders Photos Wikipedia: Yoshihiko Noda Canberra Times US exit creates army ripe for recruitment | Illustration: Simon Letch | Numbers coming out of Afghanistan often are scary but try wrapping your head around this one - 123,500. | After a roller-coaster decade of t... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Afghanistan Coalition Photos Recruitment UN Wikipedia: Afghanistan United Nations Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, during their meeting in New York. UN Photo/E. Debebe19 May 2012 – United Nations Secretary-Ge... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) France Issues Mission Photos UN Wikipedia: Laurent Fabius The Guardian Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city | ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) Photos Protests Syria Violence Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present) BBC News Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian ... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed) Photos Qaeda War Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni revolution Yemen BBC News Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Economy Egypt Photos Revolution Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 The Guardian Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya | LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia
