Archive for the ‘war’ Category

War Child UK Gala Event : Those were the Days

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

(via the brilliant UnitedDiversity blog) One child dies every three minutes because of armed conflict. Children should never be affected by war. Full stop. "Immodesty Blaize the famous burlesque dancer is headlining the first ever War Child UK fundraising ball this summer. Come and join in the fun at Koko's club, Camden ...

Cyberwar?!

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Very strange goings-on. 'Russia' is apparently 'cyber-warring' 'Estonia'! The Loose Wire writes that Russian hackers have been carrying out denial of service (DDos) attacks on Estonian websites. The Insights Blog gives us a bit of ..insight!..into the Estonian/Russian background and tensions. The BBC says Estonia wants to stick this at the top of ...

August 2nd: On this Day:

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

August 2nd 1990 - 16 years ago. Iraqi troops invade Kuwait - eventually leading to the Gulf War. I remember that day far too clearly - I was 12 years old then. About 6 a.m. my dream was getting a bit loud and i woke up and found the noise was ...