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...series of suicide bombings hit the Iraqi city of Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens more. The blasts, which came just days ahead of the country's March 7 parliamentary elections, are the latest in a string of attacks by extremists with links to al-Qaeda aimed at destabilizing the country and disrupting elections. In anticipation of further election-related violence, Iraqi officials are planning an increase in security measures across the country, including curfews, vehicle bans and heightened police surveillance...
...February sales were surprisingly good" considering the snowstorms that blasted across the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region, says Richard Jaffe, a managing director at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. "I think things are improving, but I don't think we're out of the woods...
...permafrost is on dry land either. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf, a vast expanse of shallow seafloor off Russia's northeast coast, was once wetland as well. It was submerged as melting glaciers drove sea level up at the end of the last ice age, but it still contains methane-rich permafrost, which Shakhova believes may now be becoming unstable. The numbers are not alarmingly large, she agrees, but what is worrisome is that no leakage was expected here. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...21st wealthiest center, with a per capita income of $47,938, almost twice the national average of $27,589. And how expensive exactly is a house in Cambridge? With the median price of homes hitting about $579,700, Cambridge is also the third most expensive city in the Northeast region...
India's answer to that question seems to be slightly different to China's. Just last week, India's Supreme Court ordered French cement firm Lafarge to halt limestone mining in the country's northeast. India's environment watchdog had granted Lafarge permission to mine in forestland there, but critics of the company's operations have alleged that the company misrepresented facts in their application. (Lafarge is due to respond to those allegations in a court hearing next month). Those opposed to the mining project also say that deforestation has led to a severe change in rainfall patterns...