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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 12]. 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...
...certainly been linked to match-fixing scandals in the past. In 1994, then Pakistan captain Salim Malik was publicly accused by three Australian players of offering them money to lose a match. Malik denied the allegation and was initially cleared of any wrongdoing. But in 2000, police in the Indian capital New Delhi intercepted a telephone conversation between an illegal bookmaker and South African captain Hansie Cronje in which the two discussed how much Cronje would make if he threw a match. Cronje subsequently admitted to a long series of transgressions and fingered two Indian players, Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay...
...consider the amount of emissions that any single person living there generates. Americans' per capita emission of carbon dioxide is about 21.75 tons. In China it's just 4.03; in India it's an even smaller 1.12. Yet that is going to change. Up to 50% of the Indian population lives almost entirely off the grid, and the government is determined to bring them aboard. The Chinese economy has been growing at the rate of 10% a year, and Beijing is not inclined to slow down. China is expected to pass the U.S. in total greenhouse emissions before...
...need for power is spurring innovation. India has an aggressive solar and wind industry, with one company, Suzlon, generating $1.5 billion in wind-turbine revenue in 2006. But India, with its less-developed economy, cannot as easily afford the cost of going green--or at least greener. "The Indian government has not taken the problem seriously," says Steve Sawyer, a policy adviser for Greenpeace International...
...same could be said of the Indian team. But BCCI chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty says people need to have perspective. "There is disappointment but reactions were fueled by [television] channels building up the team in an unreal fashion," he told the Hindustan Times. "As the players return, we appeal for sanity. No one should be hurt." Not physically, anyway. In terms of national pride, the damage is already done...