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This satellite picture from UNOSAT is one of a series showing the destruction by arson and shelling of over 2,170 buildings and tent structures in three camps for displaced people in the Rutshuru area of North Kivu (as originally reported by the UN refugee agency). Information from human rights observers is that the camps were [...]

Three years ago, I sat in on a meeting with some of the negotiators at the 2005 World Summit.  It was the morning after the Summit outcome document had been approved – something that had looked very unlikely even 36 hours before.  All were exhausted.
“It’s not a bad result,” one said.  “But we didn’t get [...]