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- 50 pc of water contaminated for drinking purpose

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21/02/1998

It has been a decade since a major public outcry put the spotlight on Kathmandu's heavily contaminated drinking water. But except for marginal improvement in the quality of tapped water in

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- One million stunted by effect of malnutrition

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21/02/1998

The children bear the most cruel punishment from the sanctions on Iraq, writes Roula Khalaf. Many are taken out of school and sent to beg on the streets or sell homemade sweets. By the age of 15 ,

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- Iraq able to make nerve agent, says UN

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21/02/1998

A United Nations report warned yesterday that Baghdad could produce as much as 200 tonnes of the deadly nerve agent VX . In two draft documents, a team of international experts also reported limited

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- A better way to fly

All over the world, railways are reviving thanks to technology, deregulation and road congestion. Another day of the train may be dawning : a

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21/02/1998
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Proposed salt plant stirs fight in Mexico

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21/02/1998

Mitsubishi Corp., the giant Japanese conglomerate has proposed building one of the world's largest salt production facilities at Mexico in a venture with the Mexican government. The proposed

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- Valley of the dammed

After years of gorging on water, southern California is at last being made to live within limits : a

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21/02/1998
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- A mystery scourage fells Punjab cattle

A mystery strain of the highly-contagious Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD) has created havoc in the Punjab countryside, claiming nearly 800 heads of cattle and infecting more than 7,000 others in

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21/02/1998
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- Iraq toxic gases could spread to J&K

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21/02/1998

Toxic gases released by a possible American bomb strike on large chemical dumps in Iraq might affect areas up to Jammu and Kashmir, Russia's Meteorological Department today

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- Film festival on environment

A total of 180 films from 11 countries including India, have been entered for the Environment Film Festival, to be held from April 3 to 6, in Pragati

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21/02/1998
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- Govt role compounding problems

Guwahati, the once beautiful and now degraded capital city of Assam, is perhaps going to face a distressful rainy season fron now on with some of her localities being inundated afresh. For, some

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