World Cup

Kofi Annan has written an editorial explaining why he wishes the UN was more like the World Cup and a major UK-based organization has released a 'supportability' index of World Cup teams, ranking the countries on criteria like Third World debt, aid generosity, corruption, and climate change contribution. http://uk.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffootball.guardian.co.uk%2Fworldcup2006%2Fcomment%2Fstory%2F0%2C%2C1795365%2C00.html

Also, a report from a British think tank says that not only is terrorism a less significant problem than other global scourges like trade inequality and climate change, but U.S. and UK policies are actually increasing the likelihood of more large-scale attacks. http://uk.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.24dash.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2FviewNews.php%3FnavID%3D57%26newsID%3D6776