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Radical ideas from a fusty old island.

Click on the water conflict map to see some of Al Jazeera's coverage of an issue which could define 21st century strife After droughts ravaged his parents' farmland, Sixteen-year-old Hassain and his two-year-old sister Sareye became some of the newest refugees forced from home by water scarcity.

A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet -- and not just in the places you expect. How did the world get so old, so fast?

There is a lot of interesting stuff here-- old newspapers, postcars, essays, all indexed by decade and topic.

Both a serious and ridiculous example of how people are tackling global challenges.

Increasing the retirement age is inevitable and better than the alternatives.