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Natalia and her little brother, Ivan, stand in the bomb shelter where they and their mother have sought refuge as a result of the ongoing conflict, in the city of Donetsk in Ukraine.

Gilles de Kerchove

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists at the Security Council stakeout.

This author spent a week in Egypt from March 9-16 (three days in Cairo and four in Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai) and was invited to speak at the International Water Technology Conference (IWTC.info) on saving Lake Chad and the Transaqua project, and was able to closely monitor the Egypt Economic Development Conference. The two conferences were held simultaneously in Sharm El-Sheikh in south Sinai (March 12-16). Egyptian government officials such as Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Dr. Husam Mughazi and the Minister of Scientific Research visited the IWTC and spoke there, where EIR’s ideas and materials were delivered to Dr. Mughazi personally.

On March 29, 2015, PACE President Anne Brasseur took part in the international march against terrorism in Tunis. Anne Brasseur marched alongside with the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, French President François Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and many other international political leaders who came to Tunis to express solidarity and strong support to living-together in a free and pluralist society.

The global shift toward a new world economic order based on building physical economy, not financial bubbles, made stunning progress last week, as, first Great Britain, and then five other European nations applied to become founding members of the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). As of this writing, 34 nations have applied to be part of the institution, which the Chinese have declared will be capitalized at the level of $100 billion and dedicated to funding major infrastructure projects in Asia and elsewhere. The deadline to become a founding member is March 31.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressing the opening of the 26th Summit of the League of Arab States in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Damage caused by fighting in Abyan Governorate, southern Yemen.

Asylum-seekers and economic migrants take to the seas, waiting out the dangerous journey in the boat's cramped cargo space.

Children in South Sudan.