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...Hope Lives in Ghana I enjoyed reading Simon Robinson's wonderfully descriptive article about the hopes and disappointments of the Deh family of Ghana [March 5]. I am a Tanzanian of East Indian ancestry, and I believe that Africa has a lot of potential, not only in its vast natural resources, space and beauty but also in its young people, such as 18-year-old Delight Kofi Aka Deh. If this potential could be harnessed by democracy (the best antidote to tribalism) and the economic freedom of private enterprise, Africa could be the next economic success story, even a miracle...
Kishor Tiwari usually e-mails me a couple times a day. Tiwari is the head of an activist group that keeps track of farmer suicides in the central Indian region of Vidarbha, and lobbies Delhi for policy changes and more subsidies. Farmer suicide is a big problem in some parts of India, and Tiwari regularly fires off vitriolic e-mail missives to reporters. But his most recent e-mail, two days ago, was different. This time the source of his fury was not Indian farmers, but its cricketers whose disastrous performance at the World Cup - losses to neighbors Bangladesh...
...Concerns about Indian Point grew after 9/11, when it was noted that American Airlines Flight 11 flew almost directly over Indian Point on its way to the north tower of the World Trade Center. While the plant has been improving its environmental and security record, David Lochbaum, director of the nuclear safety project for the Union of Concerned Scientists, contends that federal standards still aren't high enough...
...that there will be no aircraft involved," he said. "If that's true, if the bad guys cooperate with our assumptions, then we're OK." If not, he says, the scenario could be grim. Lochbaum cites a report written by his organization that claims a successful assault on Indian Point could result in the immediate deaths of as many as 44,000 people, with nuclear fallout eventually causing cancer in half a million people or more...
...Nuclear Regulatory Commission can take up to two years to review a relicensing permit. That means that Indian Point will be in the news again, well into the two candidates' Presidential campaigns...