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European colonists devastate indigenous civilizations, says journalist Xinhua © Provided by Xinhua "Everywhere in the world that European powers went from the 16th to the 20th centuries they destroyed local cultures, wrecked previously functioning civilizations, plundered resources, set indigenous people against each other and imposed their own supposedly superior morality and system of government." WELLINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- European countries' colonial history has been marked by brutality and atrocities, and the failings of the colonial past should be remedied, a New Zealand journali...

>> jack, thank you. >> my pleasure. some sobering facts about nuclear weapons right now. at least seven countries officially, publicly possess nuclear weapons. two others, israel and north korea, are so-called unconfirmed. they don't publicly acknowledge that. according to the federation of american scientists, the vast majority of them, more than 80% are in the united states and russia. the most common nuclear weapon in the united states is five times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed hiroshima. the u.s. also has warheads up to 25 times more powerful than the atomic bomb. th...