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china-in-the-news : China-Blog (4821 words) |
 | China is scouring the world for oil, natural gas and minerals to keep its economic machine humming. |
| Zwar prognostiziert er einen gewaltigen Neubaubedarf in China - etwa 120 Millionen zusätzliche Haushalte könnten dort bis 2025 entstehen. |
| Schwere Korruption wird in China noch mit der Todesstrafe geahndet. |
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April 7, 2005: Disappearing Lakes, Shrinking Seas (1410 words) |
| The Hamoun Lakes and nearby wetlands in Iran and Afghanistan’s Sistan Basin are similarly losing their ability to mitigate floods as they are drying from the damming of the Helmand River and years of drought. |
| A survey of remote mountain lakes throughout Europe found that even lakes far from human development were acidified by sulfur and nitrogen deposition and that virtually all were contaminated by heavy metals (such as mercury, lead, and cadmium) and fly ash particles. |
| Lakes are not only reservoirs of fresh water and a source of food, but also important habitats for aquatic organisms and waterfowl. |
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