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Habitat Destruction Efficient farming can damage the environment in a number of ways, but we are becoming aware of some of the problems we have caused. Maybe we can do better in the future? introduced species • agricultural practices • deforestation • industrial thermal pollution • hopeful signs
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Thanksgiving's Greetings The murder of liberal deputy Galina Starovoitova is indeed tragic, both personally and for the liberal cause in Russia. The extent, if any, to which it will contribute to greater social and political breakdown, however, depends more on other factors. As for the Russian food situation, there is definitely a case for food aid, notwithstanding Russian food exports. Inflation gives Russian producers good reason to export rather than sell domestically. Also, the government does not have strong mechanisms for transferring goods to the poor (and this is exacerbated by weather conditions now). Thus, food aid may still be the best bet, in the face of a terrible harvest this year, of preventing starvation in Russia. starovoitova yeltsin berezovsky gusinsky kremlin m
How Not to Go to Mars With an historic opportunity right around the corner, the new direction of American spaceflight is probably about to be revealed. We can only hope and pray that it will not be brought down by the mistakes that always seem to rear their ugly heads. mars • nasa • space • mission • flight
India's Outcasts Who are the millions of social and cultural outcasts in the world's biggest democracy? A look at the reality of Untouchables. india • india's caste system • untouchables • dalits • harijan |
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