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Those sunny, shirt-sleeve days in January may have won global warming a few fans, but last winter was the dryest on record in New Jersey, Maryland and South Dakota. And precipitation dropped significantly below average in 27 other states, leading to drought conditions across 20% of the contiguous U.S. Low reservoirs, early wildfires and devastated crops are the first hints of the dry spell's effects. Experts say that even heavy spring rains won't make up for all the damage...
AFGHANISTAN Troubles Heaped on Troubles As if the poor inhabitants of the war-ravaged and drought-stricken country didn't have enough to contend with, the very earth turned against Afghanistan last week. Two earthquakes, measuring between 5.0 and 6.1 on the Richter scale, caused widespread destruction in the northeast around Nahrin, killing up to 1,200 people. Though aftershocks continued for several days, troops and aid workers were able to deliver relief supplies of food and tents to the tens of thousands left homeless...
...world-renowned American director, Don Tyler (Donald Sutherland), is trying to make a movie in Beijing's Forbidden City when he suffers a creative drought and can't even work out where to place the camera. He falls seriously ill, and his last wish, as he slips into a coma, is to have a "comedy funeral" in the Forbidden City. Accordingly, his cameraman YoYo (Ge You) markets the funeral as a globally televised event, auctioning ad space to Chinese companies. Huh? Precisely. Big Shot's Funeral, a comedic fable about the clash of cultures, isn't like anything...
...addition, this is the fourth year of drought in Afghanistan and the economic situation there is quite dismal,” she says...
Facing disease, drought and poor nutrition, thousands of refugees have flocked to Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Most, newly arrived and seeking shelter from the U.S. war campaign, are in desperate need of medical attention...