Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 |
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Damascus suspects Israel decided to return to negotiations due to its failings in the Second Lebanon war and the realization that it could not live securely among its neighbors without peace, Syrian President Bashar Assad told an Indian newspaper.
“The Israelis used to think that with time they were going to be stronger and any opposition [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 |
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T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he’s betting $100 million that he’s right.
In the coming decades, as growing numbers of people live in urban areas and climate change makes some regions much more prone to drought, water—or what many are calling “blue gold”—will become an increasingly scarce resource. By 2030 nearly half [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 |
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FORTUNA, Spain — Lush fields of lettuce and hothouses of tomatoes line the roads. Verdant new developments of plush pastel vacation homes beckon buyers from Britain and Germany. Golf courses — dozens of them, all recently built — give way to the beach. At last, this hardscrabble corner of southeast Spain is thriving.
There is only [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 |
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India is using groundwater so rapidly that some areas have already run out. In a village in Rajasthan, the state sends in water by train.
TEJA KA BAS, India — Bhanwar Lal Yadav, once a cultivator of cucumber and wheat, has all but given up growing food. No more suffering through drought and the scourge [...]
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