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...disease and environmental catastrophe could be swept under the rug. Man-made famines in Russia in the 1930s and China two decades later were scarcely known outside their borders. But more recently the world has become too interconnected for deception of that magnitude. In 1986, when a nuclear reactor exploded at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, the Soviet government initially tried to keep it quiet. But when Geiger counters in Scandinavia went haywire, Moscow had to come clean. This year the truth about SARS emerged after citizens infected in China traveled outside the country--and after the groundbreaking reporting of TIME...
...effects of weightlessness on bone density. The Russian space program is currently the only means of sending humans into space since NASA's shuttles have been grounded until next year for certification. Cracking Up ukraine Officials conceded that the concrete-and-steel shell built to contain the damaged nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is in danger of collapse before its replacement is completed. The new structure, costing hundreds of millions of dollars and partly financed by the international community, might not be finished until 2010. The admission was untimely, coming days before the 17th anniversary of the disaster at the plant...
Zdenek Adamec stopped understanding his son, also named Zdenek, when the boy was seven. "He asked me how a nuclear reactor worked," says the father, a tombstone carver. "I had to buy a book so I could give him some answers." Eleven years later, the son was still groping for answers, this time to a much larger question: how to save a world that he felt was headed for the abyss. Last month, Adamec made up his mind. On March 6, he walked to Wenceslas Square in Prague, climbed the steps of the National Museum, doused himself with gasoline...
...last contribution listed is even more unbelievable, especially since there have been many great Israelis who made great contributions to the world. Ilan Ramon helped destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981, saving the world from unimaginable trouble today. In the arts, Yitzhak Perlman is recognized as one of the world’s great violinists. Natalie Portman ’03 is a talented actress. Even Simmons had some catchy songs...
...Asians, the sight of Secretary of State Colin Powell at the U.N. playing audio tapes of Iraqi officers allegedly discussing the hiding of chemical weapons seems almost comical when Kim Jong Il's scientists have fired up a nuclear reactor, the primary purpose of which is to produce weapons-grade plutonium. American inaction in the face of North Korean threats amounts to throwing oil onto the fire. Or should I say putting petroleum before a burning issue...