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...were there," but says masons and carpenters may have followed. When she first arrived, Godin says, she was flying blind: "I was like a fireman, with no documents, no instructions, nothing," she says. In September, the lrmh identified the fungus as Fusarium solani, a virulent mold that commonly infects soil and crops and often proves so drug-resistant that whole crop fields must be dug up and burned. Not everyone is convinced that the fungus entered the cave on the thick soles of contractors' boots. Isabelle Pallot-Frossard, director of the lrmh, says that a long-term, low-level presence...
...Yonit D. Lavin ’09 said. “It is a very scary thing that anyone can just come into our country.” But some students said the government was playing on people’s fear of terrorism on U.S. soil. “I think that as it is, the United States is a country with a very large number of ways to protect itself,” said Pena. “But the militarization of the border has not helped.” “The security issue is overrated...
...take over from the African mission. But Khartoum says it will stop U.N. peacekeepers from working in Sudan, despite the threat of sanctions. Even if the government relents, U.N. troops aren't likely to arrive before October. Until then, there will be more bodies to bury in the soil of Darfur...
...missionary, where he joined what has become Christianity's great success story in Asia. "Think of Korea's history," says Peters. "Conquest and occupation by other nations, poverty, civil war. It's fraught with suffering--suffering now experienced most acutely by North Koreans. This is the fertile soil in which the Gospel always thrives." About 30% of South Korea's population identifies itself as Christian. At night the neon crosses that sit atop countless churches in Seoul are visible...
...impacts of such development will be immense, ranging from the destruction of wildlife habitat to the loss of sediment transfer - the natural movement of soil downstream to create alluvial floodplains that farmers have relied upon for centuries. Thousands of villagers would have to be relocated to make room for dams and reservoirs, and many would still not benefit directly from new power production because most of the electricity would be used in cities, not in rural areas. Environmentalists are also skeptical that the ambitious integrated scheme would ever work. "It's pie-in-the-sky stuff," says Lori Pottinger, director...