Wednesday, June 09, 2010

India slips in Global Peace Index, Pak among bottom five

"India ranked a low 128th on this year's Global Peace Index (GPI) after it slipped six positions though it was ahead of violence-hit Pakistan, which was placed among the five countries which were least peaceful.

Internal conflicts, terrorism and human rights abuses were the factors assessed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) to quantify global peacefulness in the only study of its kind in 149 countries."

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