Was this another of those dark moments in history that they don't want you to know about? I could hardly believe it when I read the following news item in my daily email from Radio Australia:
"Concern over re-opening compensation case for 1927 Solomons massacre
Two items in the past 24 hours about The Empire On Which The Sun Never Set Till Nighttime:
Hundreds of Indian Ocean islanders who were forcibly deported from their homeland by Britain 40 years ago won a battle yesterday which could see them set sail for an emotional return within days.
The court of appeal in London found the British government guilty of "abuse of power" for attempting to prevent the Chagos Islanders from reclaiming land leased from under their feet by Britain to the US in the 1960s.
CHAD: Communities turn on one another - Chadian human rights groups say what began as cattle raiding has become a veritable armed conflict in southeastern Chad as inter-communal clashes escalate, imperiling efforts by aid agencies to help the wounded and displaced. [OCHA-IRIN]
The disturbing news from Chad should be the lead story everywhere today. See also this report from today's New York Times,