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Earthly matters: Pitchers to the rescue
Jan 23rd
My friend, Richard Garstang, who recently retired as head of the Pakistan Wetlands Programme (which he helped to establish), would always rave to me about “pitcher irrigation”. This is a traditional and rather ingenious way of growing plants in very dry areas by burying a porous clay pot full of water into the ground next [...]
Mexican army: Tijuana-area drug trafficker caught
Jan 21st
TIJUANA: The head of a Tijuana-area drug trafficking ring linked by authorities to about 50 killings was captured Wednesday following a shootout with the Mexican army, officials said. A 14-year-old girl kidnapped by the gang was freed in the raid, said Julian Leyzaola, deputy public safety secretary in Baja California state. Juan Miguel “El Boxer” [...]
Police clowns tell children crime is no joke
Jan 21st
MONTERREY: Two policemen dressed as clowns are trying to instill values into children in Mexico’s richest city, Monterrey, where drug cartels are fighting a vicious turf war and recruiting teenage assassins. Amid jokes, police officers Tomas and Alexandro put on makeup to portray Bombon Dulcito (“Little Sweetie”) and Trompetillas (“the Trumpeter”), an unusual sight in [...]
2010 was second hottest year on record-data
Jan 20th
Phil Jones told that world surface temperatures in 2010 were about 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 Fahrenheit) above the average for 1961-1990.
Zardari to address World Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
Jan 17th
“President Zardari has been specially invited to attend the conference, keeping in view Pakistan’s important position in the region.”
Freedom slipped worldwide in 2010: Watchdog group
Jan 13th
WASHINGTON: Twenty-five countries showed significant declines in democracy in 2010 with little serious resistance from the democratic world, the watchdog group Freedom House reported Thursday. It was the fifth consecutive year the Freedom House has reported a decline in political rights and civil liberties worldwide. ”Our adversaries are not just engaging in widespread repression, they [...]
Gruesome killings set off challenging year for Mexico
Jan 12th
MEXICO CITY: Mass beheadings in Acapulco and almost 100 gangland-style killings since the start of 2011 underline the daunting challenges in the fifth year of Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s drug war. The violence hit a new high in 2010 with more than 12,000 deaths blamed on fighting between gang members and with some of the [...]
Lawmaker in critical state as shooting shocks US
Jan 10th
TUCSON: A US congresswoman was in critical condition Sunday after being shot in the head when a gunman opened fire at a public event, killing six people in an attack that shocked the nation.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, a member of President…
Most nations to recognise us in 2011: Palestinians
Jan 9th
RAMALLAH: Most of the world’s nations will announce recognition of a Palestinian state by September 2011, Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki said on Sunday. “The majority of the international community will recognise an independent Palestinian state” by September, Malki told a group of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Malki said the [...]
US lawmaker gravely injured in shooting, six dead
Jan 9th
TUCSON: A US congresswoman was in critical condition after being shot in the head Saturday by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl. President Barack Obama called the attack, at a public meeting, a “tragedy for our entire country” while Arizona Senator John McCain called the [...]
