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Rich Countries Like Poor Face Water Crisis

Reuters Wednesday 16 August 2006 Geneva – Rich countries have to make drastic changes to policies if they are to avoid the water crisis that is facing poorer nations, the … Continue reading

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Billions Face Water Shortages: Agency By James Grube

Reuters Wednesday 16 August 2006 Canberra – A third of the world is facing water shortages because of poor management of water resources and soaring water usage, driven mainly by … Continue reading

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Bush Administration Twists Arms for Coke, Pepsi By Amitabh Pal

The Progressive Tuesday 15 August 2006 The Bush Administration is acting as the muscle for Coke and Pepsi. The two soft drink manufacturers are under fire in India after a … Continue reading

17 August, 2006 · 1 Comment

Our Cities Are Killing Us By Julie Robotham and Sherrill Nixon

Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 16 August 2006 Think of it as a vast experiment in human biology. Put millions of people in a limited space, then crank a few levers: … Continue reading

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Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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