Remembrance Day 2004

May the bombs rust away in the bunkers
And the doomsday clock not be rewound
May the solitary scientist working
Remember the holes in the ground
May the knife remain in the holder
May the bullet stay in the gun
May those who live in the shadows
Be seen by those in the sun.

- John Marsden
(from Prayer for the Twenty-First Century**
Compass, ABC TV, Christmas Day 1997)

According to GlobalSecurity.org, today there are conflicts in:

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Burma
Burundi
China: Spratly Islands
Colombia
Congo
Djibouti
Georgia
India: Assam, Kashmir
Indonesia: Aceh, Kalimantan, Maluku, Papua
Iraq
Israel
Ivory Coast
Korea
Liberia
Moldova
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Russia: Chechnya
Somalia
Spain: Basque Country
Sudan
Thailand
Turkey: Kurdistan
Uganda

**Used without permission but in the interests of public health.