The New York Times A Reprieve for Western Water Users Not quite five months ago, on Nov. 27, the level of Lake Mead, the massive federal reservoir that serves faucets and fields in Nevada, Arizona and California, hit an of 1,081.85 feet above sea level.... (photo: Creative Commons / Waycoo)
Al Jazeera The shield of innocence Lately, the West and the UN have been using force to "protect civilians". One might say they are using "human shields" as cover for military intervention. The idea of a "civilian" depends on an... (photo: UN / Basile Zoma)