Admittedly, it's a little depressing. But I felt it was worth noting, for all of those people who have passed away in wars, civil unrest and rioting to be remembered and that is why I now present the
World Death Report.
Spain: Three "terrorist" suspects and a police officer killed during a police raid in Leganes near Madrid
Iraq: 4-member Iraqi police squad attacked by unknown Iraqis, 1 killed the other three injured: brings total to 350 Iraqi police killed
Iraq: Rioting in Basra over unemployment - post office set on fire and police fire on demonstrators with tear gas
Iraq: Rocket attack from unknown person(s) hits house in west Baghdad leaving 2 dead and several injured
Iraq: Thousands of people continue week long protest US occupation of Iraq - protests began when Bremer shut down Al-Hawza Al-Natiqa newspaper
Kashmir: 2 Indian soldiers dead and 7 injured by "Muslim militants"
Trinidad & Tobago: 1 woman killed by a police officer after she accused him of brutality
Russia: 7 Russian soldiers killed and 9 injured in fighting in Chechnya - in separate attacks, two key oil pipelines attacked with explosives
Afghanistan: 1 "suspected Taliban" killed and 2 injured by US troops near city of Khost
Colombia: 7 civilians killed and 1000 displaced in fighting between FARC and government paramilitaries
Great Britain: 80 year old Pakistani man killed in hate crime in London
India: 2 prisoners in police custody die after allegedly jumping from train
Oman: 14 dead and 93 injured in traffic accidents in the last week
Philippines: Mayor shot to death while campaigning for re-election
Philippines: 5 supporters of Batangas mayor killed in more election violence
Philippines: Bombing suspect from Jan 4 2004 attack is himself killed by unknown gunmen
Cyprus: Thousands of Greeks rally to protest UN reunification plan for their island
Indonesia: Troops kill 12 "separatist rebels"
Taiwan: 5 injured during mass protest over Presidential election
Germany: Over 500,000 people protest government cutbacks
Italy: Hundreds of thousands of retirees protest government cutbacks
Nepal: Mass pro-democracy protests and rioting in capital of Kathmandu
Canada: Thousands march in protest of government money being used to build private hospitals
Liberia: UN troops use tear gas to break up students protesing over unpaid
teacher salaries
Note: US deaths, whether soldiers, mercenaries or civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan or in the United States are not listed here because news coverage of these events is more than adequate elsewhere.
This is not about being depressing, this is about raising awareness (click a link and find out what's going on out there!).
May everyone rest in peace
-Soj