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Conflict hot spots

There are many places around the world where wars, terrorism, civil wars, insurrections and other conflicts are happening, in addition to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and Sudan.

Armed Conflicts Report
http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-TitlePageRev.htm
"Project Ploughshares thoroughly details the state of war around the world." The report has detailed descriptions of all current armed conflicts, by country, updated annually. Includes maps and charts such as Armed Conflicts in 2006 (with hotlinks to 2006 conflict descriptions) and Armed Conflicts that ended 1988-2002.
Conflict map
http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/conflictmap/index.html
Interactive map that shows all conflicts from 1900 to 2001 with over 1,000 military battle deaths. By the Nobel Foundation that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. Click on "Go to the Conflict Map."