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...city started to move last year on earlier filings for groundwater rights in Clark, Lincoln and White Pine counties, setting off a water war that could be repeated across the parched but popular Southwest. Let the Las Vegans have their way, other Nevadans warn, and you could upset a complex web of aquifers that run as far away as California's Death Valley and western Utah, where Snake Valley partly lies. That could do irreversible damage to plant, wildlife and human populations all sipping from the same limited supply. For every desert population center, there is a similarly limited supply...
...crisis in Niger, 600 miles west of Sudan, has captured the attention of media and aid groups, which warn of a possible famine. But several other African nations face conditions that are just as dire. A guide to the facts behind the images...
...member states of the IAEA board are debating a resolution urging Iran to halt the uranium conversion activities it re-started this week. They are divided over the wording of the resolution, particularly over any threats to enforce it, although everyone seems agreed on the need to warn Iran against continuing on its present path. If Iran keeps on converting yellowcake uranium to gas, the matter may be referred to the UN Security Council, which has the authority to order Iran to suspend its enrichment activities and impose sanctions. That decision won't come for several weeks though...
...half of the year was 35% below average, is still in a political clinch over a July 16 blaze that killed 11 firefighters; the opposition Popular Party claims the Socialist government didn't act quickly enough to bring the situation under control. Such political battles could intensify, since experts warn that drier conditions are here to stay. Earlier this year European Commission researchers reported that while precipitation has increased in northern Europe over the past 100 years, it has decreased by as much as 20% in parts of southern Europe and the Mediterranean countries. The combination of diminished supply...
...software would mean that studies that currently take years to produce due to the time it takes for humans to gather and analyze the data could be compiled in moments. But it may also be applicable to patient care, by making it easier to identify symptoms and warn patients of genetic predispositions...