Word: panic
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...Harbin, the biggest panic came on the day the government announced it would shut off the water without saying why. When the truth came out a day later?in what the official Xinhua news agency admitted was a "U-turn"?the city calmed and the emergency response was efficient. Government engineers dug up to 100 wells around Harbin and plenty of bottled water was shipped in. Chinese newspapers jumped on the story and openly accused the government of a cover-up. "The panic and chain reaction caused by the failure to make information public," reported the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning...
...environmental disaster that has unfolded over the past two weeks in the northeast Chinese city of Harbin has the makings of a great story: explosion at large petrochemical plant releases toxic pollutants into major river, threatening millions; local officials attempt cover-up; panic ensues; wiser voices prevail; corrective action is taken. Unfortunately, the real story remains largely untold. China's rapid economic development, endemic corruption and highly decentralized political system have produced a life-threatening environmental crisis for hundreds of millions of Chinese...
...While the spread of bird flu has yet to cause significant panic, the government is taking seriously fears that the virus may jump into the human population. On Friday, Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari announced that Indonesia had been granted a license to produce Tamiflu, the best-known treatment for bird flu. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche approved requests to domestically produce and distribute the medication in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, where the anti-viral drug is not patent protected...
...country and have found themselves reassuring worried relatives back home. The reason, many said, was that they live and study in central Paris, which was left largely untouched by three weeks of violent confrontations between rioters and police. “I haven’t seen major panic in the Parisian streets, maybe because I live rather far away from where the disturbances that are taking place.” said Glenda Aldana ’07, who is spending the fall semester studying in the French capital. “Talking to other Parisians...
...closing in. She thought she was having a heart attack, but a nurse took one look at her, disappeared for a few moments, then returned with a paper bag that she placed over Beddoe's mouth. When Beddoe calmed down, the nurse told her she'd had a panic attack but not to worry - they were common in people with depression. Beddoe's plunge into madness had begun. When a neighbor revved his motorcycle within earshot of a sleeping Jemima, Beddoe flew into a rage, chasing him and screaming profanities. That night, preparing dinner, she used a knife to make...