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Natural Drainage Systems Program scored high marks for its environmentally sound approach to the run-off from storm water...
...cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, while deforestation turns farmland north of Beijing into desert. In Uzbekistan, the Soviets created one of the world's worst environmental disasters by using the Amu Darya to irrigate massive cotton farms, shrinking the Aral Sea by half and, as pesticide run-off evaporated and poisoned the air, creating a cancer cluster the size of England. Meanwhile, China's plans to build a series of dams across the upper reaches of the Mekong are expected to halve water flow on the river that provides employment, transport and income to 65 million Southeast...
...Rahim al-Nashiri is in U.S. custody and is being tried in absentia. Another Round INDONESIA Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led in the first round of voting in the presidential election with early results giving him a 33% share of the vote. He appears likely to face a run-off in September against incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who placed second with 26%. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN ... Henry's Va-Va-Voom French footballer Thierry Henry isn't best known for his way with words, but he has netted a new entry in the latest Concise Oxford English Dictionary...
...scientists and researchers have marched against reduced funding, and last week some 3,500 firefighters staged a demo to dramatize their call for the right to retire at 50. And now the angry hordes are getting to vote. First-round regional voting on March 21 was followed by run-off contests early this week in which the Socialists looked set to do at least as well the first time around. When the voting is finally over, Raffarin may not have the clout to mount his promised assault on France's beloved but money-leaking social-security and health-insurance schemes...
...Mary Landrieu She didn't lose anything Tuesday night, but she didn't win anything either. By failing to gain more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday, the incumbent guaranteed a run-off, which means she gets to campaign right on into December. Lucky woman...