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Satellite Imagery

Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News
David Sullivan

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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The Graveyards of Sri Lanka's War Zone

Amnesty International | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Science, Sri Lanka Civil War, Human Rights, Technology, Sri Lanka, Satellite Imagery, Sri Lanka War, Human Shields, World News
Amnesty International

New satellite images reveal two new alarming features of an inaccessible Sri Lankan conflict zone: Large gravesites and evidence of mortars used in and around the so-called civilian save zone.

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Conservation Via Google Earth: Now Anyone Can Do It

e360.yale.edu | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Satellite Imagery, Google Earth, Green Technology, Google, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Green News

The use of Google Earth to make a virtual discovery, which then led to an actual one, is just the latest example of how the spread of satellite tech...

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