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...operating in the hills around Zhaoyuan annually unearth about 15% of China's gold - enough to qualify the little city as the de facto gold capital of China. Yet even with gold prices soaring, Zhaoyuan is hardly a boom town. Beyond the sycamore-lined downtown streets, which display the modest prosperity of a midsize Chinese city, you find block after block of drab, low houses. At night, the closest thing to an entertainment district is an unlit street with two drafty karaoke bars...
...factories, even flatulent cows--it needs to reduce deforestation or risk an environmental catastrophe. That means limiting the expansion of agriculture, a daunting task as the world's population keeps expanding. And saving forests is probably an impossibility so long as vast expanses of cropland are used to grow modest amounts of fuel. The biofuels boom, in short, is one that could haunt the planet for generations--and it's only getting started...
...once fought some of the Iraq war's fiercest battles against Sadr but now have only a shadow presence. That would involve draining the concentration of surge troops around Baghdad and the Sunni triangle. It might even require more troop extensions or additional deployments to hold ground and maintain modest gains. Moving against the Shi'ite strongholds could then open opportunities for the Sunni fighters of al-Qaeda to strike Iraqi and U.S. targets in the Sunni triangle as the American heat turns south...
...There happen to be people from poor and modest-income backgrounds who might be able to focus more on their actual subjects in school,” he said...
...peach-colored house in a modest subdivision near downtown Modesto, Calif., used to be someone's dream home. But it stands out in a row of similarly hued homes where many have a "For Sale" sign planted in their front yards. The two-story appears battered: its address has been scratched on a front panel and weeds choke what may once have been a manicured lawn. And then there is the overwhelming stench of human waste and stale beer. There has been no electricity and no running water since the bank repossessed it months ago. Still, at least three young...