Somalia Tops List of World's "Failed States" -- CBS News
Somalia tops the list of nations named in Foreign Policy Magazine's annual index of "failed states."
Piracy and terrorism-plagued Somalia is followed by four other African nations - Chad, the Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - in the top five.
And despite the presence of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops as part of a nearly decade-old battle that promised stability, Afghanistan and Iraq rank sixth and seventh. One of America's principal allies in the so-called war on terror, Pakistan, is number 10.
(See the rankings on an interactive map.)
Read more ....My comment: An interesting list. As a Canadian citizen I am biased, but I would have ranked Canada a little bit higher.
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