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There was one thing different about this year's monsoon in India. As in so many seasons past, the annual rains began in June, flooding streets and villages and claiming dozens of lives. But when the Kosi River burst its banks on Aug. 18 in the northeastern state of Bihar...
Heckling and boos will not bring back the dead, nor rebuild houses destroyed by Mugabe's goons, nor fix the once vibrant economy he has crippled. But the extraordinary protest - Mugabe affected not to notice his hecklers, speaking on quickly but sternly though few could hear him - was, nevertheless, a...
From Hurricane Frederic in 1979 to tropical storm fay, which ravaged Florida in late August, Americans affected by disaster have looked to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for aid. But long before its error-plagued response to Hurricane Katrina (which marked its third anniversary Aug. 29), critics complained that FEMA...
A week after Fay hit Florida, thousands of acres of citrus groves, particularly in the grapefruit belt on the east-central coast, remain under water. Orange groves in South Florida also endured flooding, though to a lesser extent. Damaged, soggy roots increase the potential for premature fruit drops. But the...
Why would these individuals or their companies risk their own money and reputations, should they be discovered? They don't need to. There's an anonymous investment vehicle - the hedge fund - with which they can even risk other investors' money for futures speculation. Although we're all affected by oil...