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Lifting off in his Russian MI-17 transporter helicopter from Patna in northeast India and banking low and east along the Ganges River delta, Captain S.K. Singh gets the clearest possible view of South Asia's water crisis. In front of him is a split-screen of disaster. On the left are catastrophic floods, the worst in a century according to relief workers, which have killed 1,500 people, disrupted the lives of 63 million and released a disease epidemic. A full two-thirds of Bangladesh is now under water, while 1.2 million homes have been washed away region-wide...
...needs more convincing, Dr. Tuyen could walk a few blocks down the street to meet Bach Dinh Vinh. Now 30, Vinh was studying for a degree in information technology in 1993. A top student in his class, he could speak fluent English and Russian and was learning French. One night, while riding his bicycle back from class, he was struck from behind by a motorbike. He hit his head on the concrete road and was knocked out. Doctors managed to save his life, but he was almost completely paralyzed. Vinh struggled through an agonizing six years of rehabilitation to regain...
...produced between 2001 and 2003 and sold to buyers in Russia. BG says the charges are completely unfounded, and last week CEO Frank Chapman downplayed the allegations, calling them a "routine dispute." Still, the move has spooked investors who fear that Nazarbayev may be stealing a page from Russian President Vladimir Putin's playbook by asserting state control over the country's energy resources. Unlike Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who remains behind bars in Moscow, no one at BG Karachaganak is being threatened with arrest. And, for now, the stakes in Kazakhstan are a lot lower than in Russia. Last...
...INDICATORS Crowded Skies Life In The Fast Lane Russian tycoon Nikolai Smolenski, 24, bought the high-end British sports car manufacturer TVR - 400 staff, 800 cars per year - for a reported $27 million. Smolenski plans to make the company a "global player...
...Meanwhile, a parliamentary commission set up to investigate the bombings adjourned for its summer break. The panel will reconvene on Sept. 7. Departing From Script MOLDOVA The government issued sanctions against the breakaway region of Trans-Dniestr after authorities in the enclave shut schools teaching in Latin script. Russian-speaking Trans-Dniestr wants schools to switch to Cyrillic, the script used during Soviet rule. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the E.U. denounced the separatists' move, with Brussels threatening its own sanctions unless the closures are reversed. Terror Returns UZBEKISTAN Coordinated suicide bombings struck the capital, Tashkent...