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...losses in Asia, are taking their money and heading for the exits. Trying desperately to hold on to them and avoid devaluing the ruble, the central bank last week upped its interest rate to 150%. Some experts are talking about a meltdown, but it's more like a drought. Russia's cash flow has dried...
Harvard rebounded in strong fashion with a68-54 defeat of Mt. St. Mary's before heading intothe Harvard Invitational, which the Crimson hadnot won since 1988. But the 10-year drought cameto an end as Harvard posted identical 69-57 winsover Norfolk State in the first round and Loyola(Md.) in the championship game to capture theInvitational title. Those two wins were the secondand third in a six-game winning streak thatcarried Harvard into winter break and two contestsin South Carolina...
ORANGUTANS: Months of drought and fire have brought starvation to Borneo's apes. Many babies, too weak to cling to their mothers, fall out of the trees...
...Wood's major league career. "It was just one of those days when everything you throw is crossing the plate," Wood said. "It just felt like I was playing catch." If he can keep this up, the Cubs may even be able to end their 90-year championship drought. Yeah, sure...
...forest fires raging on the island of Borneo have been giving Southeast Asians alarming flashbacks to the Great Haze of 1997. In some ways this year's blazes, stoked by the drought caused by El Nino, have been even worse, spreading into remote reaches of the virgin rain forest. Since January, hundreds of fires have claimed 700,000 acres of woodland, casting a pall of smoke over the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. While recent rains have quenched many of the fires, the situation remains volatile. Moreover, the whole world may feel...