Word: drought
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...that his time at the top might be coming to an end, that he should prepare the country for the day he can no longer be the player they want, and maybe need him to be. During the late '80s and early '90s, when he went through a title drought, he felt the pressure. "Everyone in the Philippines expects me to win. They think I should never lose...
After three years of drought, five years of failed harvests and 22 years of war, the refugees have exhausted their meager savings and killed their livestock. In August the camps around Mazar-i-Sharif had a two-week supply of food. After Sept. 11 all aid was suspended as agencies withdrew; 230 have died in Dehdadi since then. Others have fled into the frozen mountains rather than live in a war zone. Without food or water, many have surely perished. Now, with the Taliban's retreat, the way to better-supplied camps near Pakistan is open--but many...
...news out of the democratic people's republic of korea hasn't been great for, oh, five decades or so. And lately it's only getting grimmer amid drought, floods, widespread human misery and the ever-removed antics of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. But Pyongyang's propaganda machine?now on the Net!?bravely soldiers on, reporting five or six major news events every day. (Recent samples: "Many Goat Farms Appear," "Rare Squid," "Reception Given at Russian Consulate General.") Now comes a ray of hope?no, make that a beacon of an incontrovertibly glorious future! In August, Kim visited...
...people are miracle workers inside Afghanistan. Their challenge is daunting: Over 1.5 million Afghans are displaced inside the country, having left their homes because of a combination of war and a devastating three-year drought. Others are now fleeing due to the prolonged bombing and for fear of retaliation by those who may soon take power. They need food, shelter and medicine. All face starvation. The harsh winter has started. The pessimists say it already may be too late...
...Hopi Indians have hung eagle prayer feathers in threatened wells and springs across their sprawling reservation in northeastern Arizona in hope that the water will return and that the drought of recent years will break. But many believe a shortage of rain is only part of the problem...