Love one another, as I have loved you.

We are not doing so well, are we?

clipped from www.commondreams.org The number of people internally displaced within their own countries has reached a historical high of more than 28 million, the UN's refugee agency said today, as conflicts in Pakistan's Swat valley and Sri Lanka compound a growing global problem. An internally displaced girl, who fled a military offensive in the Swat valley region, sits in line with her food pots while awaiting her ration of tea at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district, located about 120 km (75 miles) north west of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, June 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro) At the end of last year the total number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution around the world stood at 42 million, including 16 million refugees and asylum seekers and 26 million people uprooted within their own countries, according to UNHCR's annual Global Trends report, which was released this afternoon.