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...best hope of the city's residents for a cleanup is the fact that Beijing will host the Olympics in 2008. It's hard to exaggerate the importance to the Chinese authorities of an event they see as China's coming out party as a major world power. Yet, even with so much at stake and the executive power bestowed by authoritarian rule, Beijing'S doggedly dirty atmosphere may yet defeat the government's seemingly half hearted attempts to clean up. The capital remains a standout among Chinese cities in that it has no restrictions on the number...
...sewage, the liquid had a “contaminated” odor. According to Silva, Eliot maintenance staff came to her suite at about 8:40 a.m. to tell her that they were busy in other rooms within the House, but that they would be in to begin cleanup in her suite soon. But she said they did not return until 11 a.m. Silva said the flooding had stopped and completely receded by 10 a.m.—but not before reaching a depth of about one-inch in her bathroom and overflowing into the suite’s common...
...government to deal with its corrupt and inept security forces. But TIME's correspondents in Baghdad, Aparisim Ghosh and Brian Bennett, warn that this may be no more than a fig leaf, designed to shore up al-Maliki's political standing, rather than the start of a substantial cleanup...
...same time, Noguchi took on an even more challenging cleanup project: Mount Fuji. If Everest is one of the most difficult mountains in the world to climb, Fuji is definitely the hardest to clean up. "I was shocked by how terrible it was," he says. "This is a national park." So, in 2000, Noguchi teamed up with the Fujisan Club, a local environmental group, and started leading collection expeditions up the mountain. Along the way, he inspired thousands of ordinary citizens to begin picking up, too. Today, Fuji is far cleaner, and with the toilets at all 48 locations...
...Together have come to the rescue of a generation of busy women who want to do it all?but often miss out on having fun. Those who sign up with My Girlfriend's Kitchen pay almost $200 to prepare 12 family-size dinner entres?no chopping, cooking or cleanup necessary?in a cozy...