Problems everywhere...

Microsoft is defending the Digital rights Management system that is integrated with Vista, while the Russians protest against the expansion of the Rocket shield to Poland and the Czech Republic. Because that shield would clearly threaten Russia's safety or so Russian military leaders state. The EU is adjusting it laws for online sales, to insure a fairer trade online in Europe, some of the smaller companies state that this could endanger their income and threaten their existence. In China the tiger is at the brink of extinction due to the enormous recent growth in China, living space for the tiger has become a rarity. Also a rock band in Australia has banned its fans from bringing national flags because they fear that those could cause racial clashes and violence might ensue, instead it caused a long row over the right to carry a flag in Australia. While in the German NRW (a part of Germany) a storm caused tremendous damage it had been the worst storm in 40 years in Germany. The damage is enormous in museums, stores, pants and homes. Now the female RAF Terrorist Brigitte Mohnhaupt might be released at the age of 57, the RAF is a left extreme group which connected itself with the Soviet Union bey calling themselves RAF or Red Army Faction. At the South coast of Britain a Tanker is sinking which is likely to cause enormous environmental damage.

The questions one has to ask once reading all those events (only a small selection is shown here) is it hopeless? Did the world always face so many problems at the same time? Are we causing many of these problems? If so what can we do?

The list of articles used...
Vista copy protection is defended (BBC)
EU laws 'will hit online trade' (BBC)
Missile shield 'threatens Russia' (BBC)
China's tigers pushed to the brink (Al Jazeera)
Flag row rocks Australia concert (Al Jazeera)
Mosaik hat zahlreiche Schäden (KSTA)
RAF-Terroristin bald auf freiem Fuß? (KSTA)