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That glut, however, could spell disaster down the road. U.N. drug officials estimate about 10,000 tons of opium have been unaccounted for since 2006 (the figure was about 8,000 tons a year ago). Costa believes the Taliban and drug traffickers in the region have stockpiled the drugs, fearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report: Afghanistan's Opium Boom May Be Over | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

Under a vast plain of dried mud, set between southern Taiwan's lush mountains, 400 bodies still lie that were buried alive three weeks ago in typhoon Morakot, the island's most recent and deadly natural disaster. The now infamous village of Siaolin - the worst hit by Morakot - was the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Meets Protests, Tears in Taiwan | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

Had this disaster been a nuclear accident, citizens and Congress would rightfully be up in arms. But the largest fly-ash spill in American history has marshaled little public opposition to coal. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to regard “clean coal” as a...

Author: By Anthony P. Dedousis | Title: Old King Coal | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

Earlier Monday, some 20 demonstrators confronted him outside his hotel, saying the visit was short of bringing real disaster relief to Taiwan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Encourages Democracy In Taiwan | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

"President Obama inherited a disaster, a war which had been under-resourced horribly for at least six of the last seven and a half years," former CIA official Bruce Riedel, who was tapped by the White House to review Afghan policy, said last week. Even if McChrystal gets whatever forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point Looms for the U.S. in Afghanistan | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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