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...previously released study by the United Nations points to the causes of the dramatic increase. At the moment, irrigation already accounts for roughly 70 percent of global water consumption, and the U. N. projects a 50- to 100-percent increase in agricultural water use by the year 2025. The WRI study translates these trends into the immediate impact to humans: by 2025, over 3.5 billion people--a bit under half the world's population--will experience water shortages. Particularly developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa as well as such populous countries as India, Bangladesh and also to a lesser extent...
...U. S. should, however, be concerned about the stability of regions such as the Indian subcontinent or sub-Saharan Africa. We urge policy maker to formulate clear national security objectives for environmental threats such as global water shortages. U.S. foreign policy should not merely involve fighting wars, but also trying to prevent them, and attacking the problem of water distribution is definitely a good place to start...
...whole Washington U. campus has been webbed in those orange plastic mesh fences you see at construction sites, and those students actually trying to make it to class are forced to take long, seemingly arbitrary detours. Unless you know somebody, that is; a cop cuts the fence in one place to let students distributing copies of the debate edition of the campus newspaper, Student Life, through...
...Louis proper may be Gephardt country, Democrat country, but the suburban streets west of Wash U. definitely belong to Bush. There are no Gore/Lieberman signs in the nicely manicured lawns here, only Bush/Cheney and the occasional "Go Cardinals." And ravens. Ravens everywhere, perching on the signs, quothing "nevermore" incessantly, which may or may not be a good omen for the candidates...
According to AOL, it's 58 degrees outside the Wash U. Athletic Center. According to my numbed fingers, it's 28 inside the media filing center. After last week's soporific event, I'd think this was a tactic to keep us all awake. But we don't need any tricks tonight; the room is buzzing for most of the night...