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Scarborough Shoal Territory Dispute - April 2012 stand-off between China and The Philippines

Geographically situated not too far from the also-contested Spratly Island and Paracel Islands, this mound of sand has similar sovereignty issues to it's more well-known neighbours. The Philippines controls and runs this group, but China (People's Republic of China) lays claim to it, as part of it's Paracels, Spratlys, and Zhongsha Islands Authority

New Mini-Site Launched - Depleted Uranium Information

DepletedUranium.info - Help to publicise the inexcusable use of munitions which are packed with nuclear waste, by US and UK forces mostly, in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and possibly most recently in Libya too. Please let your family and friends know about this issue

VIDEO and IMAGES: Tibetan Nun protests - Self-Immolation in Tibet

Warning - Graphic Images - View the full raw smuggled video. We have also grabbed and published 4 screenshots from the horrific video featuring Tibetan Nun Palden Choetso's Self-Immolation, in protest against the recent violent crackdown by the Chinese government against human rights activists in Tibet

IMAGE: Access and Closure Map for The West Bank - August 2011

Israeli-induced Apartheid in Palestine - This is the latest available United Nations map portraying the access Palestinians have to all areas of the West Bank

IMAGE: Access and Closure Map for The Gaza Strip - August 2011

Israeli-induced Apartheid in Palestine - This is the latest available United Nations map portraying the access Palestinians have to all areas of the Gaza Strip

IMAGE: 2011 - West Bank Barrier Route constructed, planned, under construction

The Barrier's total length is approximately 708 km, more than twice the length of the 320-kilometre-long 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) between the West Bank and Israel. 61.8 percent of the Barrier is complete; a further 8.2 percent is under construction and 30 percent is planned but not yet constructed. When completed, only approximately 15 percent of the Barrier will be constructed on the Green Line or in Israel. approximately 85 percent of its route will run inside the West Bank, isolating approximately 9.4 percent of West Bank territory, including East Jerusalem and NoMan's Land

IMAGE: 2010 Map of the Power Supply Deficit in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

The Gaza Strip's needs range between 240 and 280 megawatts (MW), of which at least 42 percent is purchased from Israel, distributed in separate feeder lines along the Gaza Strip, and six to seven percent is purchased from Egypt, distributed mainly to the Rafah area. The remaining electricity need is supposed to be met by the GPP. Following the latest decline in production, however, the GPP is able to meet less than 13 percent of the electricity needs. This is resulting in a deficit of up to 40 percent, compared to 31 percent in August 2009. The Gaza Electricity Distribution Company copes with the electricity shortage by applying a load sharing system, through which it schedules electricity cuts in one area in order to feed another

IMAGE: 2011 Map of Israeli-controlled AREA C in the West Bank, Palestine

Approximately 62 percent of the West Bank is in Area C, where Israel retains authority over law enforcement and control over the building and planning sphere

IMAGEs: More Palestine Maps and Images

In total we have added over a dozen Palestine maps and photos during this past week, you can view them all here

Google+ Launches Business/Brand Pages - Disputed Territories Page Added

Click on the link to go to our Google Plus Page, and add us to your circles to keep up to date. This is Google's effort to combat the growing power of Facebook, and, on first inspection, it's set up quite well

Libyan towns and cities currently under Gaddafi control (October 9th)

Map showing the pro/anti-Gaddafi the control of major Libyan towns and cities, based the current situation regarding the 2011 Libyan civil war

Global Map: Which countries do/not recognise the new Libyan Republic

Nations of the world - showing countries that recognise or have informal relations with the Libyan Republic on October the 1st 2011

Operation Desert Storm Map: US use of Depleted Uranium in Iraq and Kuwait

Illustration which shows the locations where approx 1 million DU munitions have been used by the US and UK in the Gulf War of 1991

Libyan Conflict Frontline Maps - Monthly (March-September 2011)

A series of images depicting NATO's view of the progression of the Libyan frontline on a month-by-month basis

Current NATO/ISAF troop deployments in Afghanistan

Table outlining the contributions from the 49 different nations involved in the ISAF, plus maps of regional command units and reconstruction teams

NATO Depleted Uranium (DU) in The Balkans

Maps detailing the confirmed sites where NATO dropped DU bombs in the Balkans during 1995 and 1999 - Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Sarajevo

New Resource: Blatant Image Bank

Our 2nd (and final) new website is the 'Blatant Image Bank'. It will feature the largest available resolution of all images here on Disputed Territories, plus on Fairocracy and Blatant World too. We hope that this resource will prove useful for students, bloggers and for everyone else too...

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