A troubling report by the Institute for Economics and Peace found a
mere ten nations on the planet are not at war and completely free from
conflict. According to the Global Peace Index 2016,
only Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Japan, Mauritius, Panama, Qatar,
Switzerland, Uruguay and Vietnam are free from conflict. Iceland tops
the list of most peaceful countries in the world, followed by Denmark,
Austria, New Zealand, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Canada,
Japan, and Slovenia — while the United States ranked far lower, at 103.
Palestine, placed in the index of 163 nations for the first time this
year, ranked 148th.
War-torn Syria placed at the bottom of the list, lower than only
South Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Central African
Republic, Ukraine, Sudan, and Libya.
(Source: http://theantimedia.org)
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