Are people less informed of the world than in the past?

[Shaka_Khan]

I think so when I look at this article. -> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/...men_kidnapping

Nine foreign hostages killed in Yemen

SAN'A, Yemen – Nine missing foreigners in Yemen have been murdered, said a Yemeni official Monday, apparently executed by their kidnappers in the impoverished nation in the Arabian peninsula where al-Qaida has a strong presence.

The nine foreigners, including seven German nationals, a Briton and a South Korean, disappeared last week while on a picnic in the restive northern Saada region of Yemen....

I doubt they would've been there if they knew what was going to happen to them. They probably thought they'd be safe as long as they weren't Americans. This isn't the only time or country that this sort of tragedy happened either. I think it's because the news doesn't cover everything that happens in the world. We know more of the old world from history books than we do of modern events. The government or the media should do more to inform people.