Abolishing the world's worst weapons

Abolishing the world's worst weapons.

if nuclear weapons are used again, health services will be unable to respond in any significant way One could be forgiven for not noticing, but there has been groundbreaking activity going on that is headed in the direction of a ban on the world’s most destructive weapons. This year, 2015, could see the start of negotiations for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons, which were first used 70 ye...

Mobile Evil Twin Malnets - The Worst of Both Worlds

The mobile computing world is undergoing major changes both in the capability as well as in the proliferation of mobile devices. While, up to now, mobile malware has played a relatively small role compared to the behemoth of desktop malware, the changing environment is steadily increasing the attractiveness of mobile devices as exploitable resources. The increased usage and connectivity of mobi...

"Abolishing" the Slums

tion " of poverty. It is impossible, by waving a magic wand, to rehouse great numbers of people, and a Labour Government would find itself faced by the same practical difficulties that have hitherto hampered and, in great measure, must continue to hamper, both central and local administrations. Slum clearance is a costly process, and comparatively little can be done in that direction until home...

The worst of both worlds: poverty and politics in the Balkans.

Poverly andl Politics in the bove this hem of fertility [Al round the shore olive groves _J and almond orchards rose in terraces to bluffs naked except for a little scrub, on which rested a plateau with more olives and almonds and a scattered blackness of cypresses and some villages and churches. Above this were the naked peaks, reflecting the noonlight like a mirror." Thtis, writing on the eve...

The worst of both worlds?: parental involvement requirements and the privacy rights of mature minors.