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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

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Both SIGACTS and the press and other data published by the IBC are convenience samples , i.e. they are not generated with the help of a random selection process. This method has been used for estimating large-scale killings in Guatemala , Kosovo , PerĂº , Srebrenica , East Timor , and Colombia , among others.

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

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Democratic systems, processes, and institutions must be able to respond to shifting demands to address challenges created by durable changes to geography, population distribution, and economic centers caused by extreme weather events. Climate change is scary, Keya Chatterjee, former executive director of the U.S.

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