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...warrior for more than two decades and the victor of an intense power struggle in his home province of Nangarhar, Qadir faced a myriad of political, local and business enemies. The best clues lie with the shooters seen lurking for 30 minutes prior to the attack outside the ministry compound. Young cigarette seller Habib Jan noticed them from his stall across the road. "As Haji Qadir was about to pass the gates these two guys in shawar kameez [the traditional clothing typical of Qadir's province] with white caps on their heads stood up and I saw Kalashnikovs behind their...
...important." The message is sustainable development, and respecting people and nature alike by changing production and consumption habits. Humans, says Arthus- Bertrand, have made their mark everywhere on the planet, particularly in the past 50 years. Through population growth and technological progress, they have dramatically transformed the earth's myriad landscapes. Arthus-Bertrand's themes in his photographic "state of the planet" cover the gamut of environmental and human- rights concerns: climate change, health care, food production, pollution, endangered species, water use, poverty, literacy, insecticides, garbage mountains, energy sources, women's rights, population issues, wildlife poaching, desertification and deforestation...
...role in London will also give Cuno power to act more unilaterally, without authorization from the myriad departments which oversee the museums at Harvard...
...Myriad proposals emerged from all the buzz...
Experts say this decline--starting with intermittent "senior moments" and potentially progressing to full-blown Alzheimer's disease--is due to myriad factors, with things like genetics and lifestyle choices determining how far down the forgetful road we go. And those choices can be every bit as powerful a positive force as genetics can be a negative...