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...Based in large part on massive investigation by the FBI, CIA, Treasury and other U.S. and foreign agencies, the commission estimated that the devastating plot that would spark the war on terrorism cost around $400,000 to $500,000, ?the vast majority of which was provided by al-Qaeda...
...were able to contain the flames, but next time they may not be so lucky. A five-year drought has left this always arid region even dryer than usual, and when the hot Santa Ana winds start to blow off the desert in September, it could take only a spark to set off fires that will be much more difficult to control...
...cancer cluster the size of England. Meanwhile, China's plans to build a series of dams across the upper reaches of the Mekong are expected to halve water flow on the river that provides employment, transport and income to 65 million Southeast Asians. These kinds of water controversies could spark ugly international disputes. Security experts have warned of flash points along the Nile, the Jordan, the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Mekong. As long ago as 1995, the then World Bank vice president Ismael Serageldin predicted: "If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars...
...time the paper has a clearly enunciated line on the issue," he says. "Occasionally there's a twist in an issue, but it all gets debated out." If the leader is the paper's soapbox, the opinion page is its sparring ring. Choosing columnists and commentators to spark or review national debates, page editor Tom Switzer says he runs his choices past the editors, who "sometimes have an editorial angle they would like reflected on the opinion page." Surrounded by stacks of journals and back issues, Switzer says claims of a focus on conservative perspectives aren't accurate...
...change a plausible option - Iran is three times the size of Iraq, and likely to be as hostile, if not more so to foreign occupation. The U.S. military is already stretched to its limits by its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an attack on Iran would almost certainly spark a mass Shiite uprising against the U.S. in Iraq. Absent options for changing the regime in Tehran by force, they argue, the U.S. needs to expand efforts to win cooperation in areas of mutual concern...