Can't let this slip by without making note: Zimbabwe has invited thousands of white farmers, all of whom were forced off their land by the government's "fast-track" land reform in 2000, to apply for leases on that same land.
Obviously, the land reform has been an abysmal failure, which has crippled the economy and caused massive food crises in Zimbabwe. You'll probably never hear President-for-Life Mugabe admit that it was a mistake, but what more proof do you want besides this completely unexpected U-turn?
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Let me recommend The Legacy of Chernobyl by Zhores Medvedev. Like you, I didn't remember much about this incident, but I read this book a few years back and was blown away by what happened - not so much the accident itself, but the aftermath, and the soldiers and firefighters who were treated as human fodder.
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