New Zealand Is First On The GPI

All quiet in the marine hemisphere:

Tunis, June 4, 2009- The 2009 Global Peace Index which provides rankings for 144 countries, has ranked Tunisia second safest country in Africa and the 5th in the Arab world. Tunisia which is credited with a score of 1.698 points, is ranked 44th in the world.

...New Zealand is credited by the report as being the first most at peace nation in the world; it is followed by Denmark and Norway. By comparison, Great Britain is ranked 35th and the United States appear in 83rd position. In Africa, Botswana is ranked first and is credited with being 34th in the world.

Among Arab nations Qatar is first (16), followed by Oman (20) the UAE (40) and Kuwait (42). Iraq is ranked at the bottom of the list (144).