--Haiti had never seen a
case of cholera until the arrival of UN peacekeepers.
12 Jan 2012
Compelling new scientific evidence suggests United Nations 'peacekeepers' have
carried a virulent strain of cholera -- a super bug -- into the Western
Hemisphere for the first time. The vicious form of cholera has already killed
7,000 people in Haiti, where it surfaced in a remote village in October 2010.
Leading researchers from Harvard Medical School and elsewhere told ABC News
that, despite UN denials, there is now a mountain of evidence
suggesting the strain originated in Nepal, and was carried to Haiti by Nepalese
soldiers who came to Haiti to serve as UN peacekeepers after the earthquake that
ravaged the country on Jan. 12, 2010 -- two years ago today. READ MORE
A collection of articles defining our times. The pages contain clickable links, don't let the titles fool you, some of the best articles have very non-descript titles and there are usually more articles on the matters in the days and week pages the links land on so it's a sort of treasure hunt through history, Enjoy!
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