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...Songhua river in northeastern China doesn't have the history of the Mekong, the spirituality of the Ganges or the sheer power of the Yangtze. But in November 2005, this 1,200-mile (2,000 km) waterway made headlines when a chemical plant in the Chinese city of Jilin spilled massive amounts of the toxic chemical benzene, creating a 50-mile (80 km) noxious slick. The chemicals oozed toward the sea, and Chinese cities that drank from the Songhua were forced to cut off supplies, leaving millions to fend for themselves. As the slick passed over the border...
...point nuclear weapons at each other, yet the Indus Waters Treaty - which divvies up the two countries' trans-boundary waterways, overseen by a joint commission - has survived for decades. And even though nations can be quite possessive over water (India and Bangladesh have skirmished repeatedly over the shared Mahananda River), they trade it all the time in other forms like rice and grain that require millions of gallons to grow...
...Coming off its own victory over Navy last week, Harvard’s lightweight crew traveled to New Haven, Conn. this weekend in a much-anticipated showdown with Princeton and Yale on the Housatonic River amidst excellent conditions...
...more races against the best crews in the nation, but only the lightweight women’s crew team proved up to the task. While No. 2 Yale got the better of the Black and White heavyweight women’s crew team on Saturday morning in the Charles River Challenge, the lightweights knocked off No. 2 Princeton to win the Class of 2009 Cup.The No. 4 Black and White have done what only one other crew in the country has managed to do—beat Princeton in dual competition. With all the hard work and training, Radcliffe...
Some might favor a jog along the river, a picnic, or some other such nonsense to celebrate the best weekend weather we've had this year. Not these two, snapped yesterday afternoon from the banks of the Charles. We also overheard so many prefrosh commenting about the nice weather. So clueless...