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Date: August 31st, 2006

UN says it will halt sex abuse by its forces. Again.

31 August, 2006 (07:10) | GWOT, Military, Politics | By: ricjames

The UN’s performance in peacekeeping missions has been less than stellar, both militarily (Srebrenica, anyone?) and in terms of humanitarian assistance. The most common result of UN forces coming in to “assist” the locals? A booming sex trade wherein UN forces wind up both abusing their positions in order to get sex from the local [...]

Comair flight update: tower controller fatigue possible factor

31 August, 2006 (06:19) | Aviation | By: ricjames

Yet another factor in the Comair crash investigation has come to light. The controller in the tower, aside from being alone up there, had put in 15 hours at work and slept just 2 in the 24 hours prior to the crash. According to the NTSB the controller had 9 hours of time between the [...]