Saturday, August 28, 2004

[Arms Trade]

Top Exporters of Major Conventional Weapons
United States ($49.2 billion)
Russian Federation ($15.6 billion)
France ($10.8 billion)
United Kingdom ($7 billion)
Germany ($5.6 billion)

Monday, August 23, 2004

[Global Poverty]

End World Hunger: The Video Game
The Army develops video games and now the U.N. is getting in on the action. With the WFP's help an education/action video game will be coming out shortly.

The graphics appear as good as the industry standards. Any attempt to bring relief issues to pop-culture gets two-thumbs-up from the Borgen Project. Read the BBC article.

Sunday, August 22, 2004

[Military Spending]

Top Campaign Contributors in the Defense Industry
The Center for Public Integrity has listed which defense contractors give the most to political campaigns. View the list.