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...detected a strong odor that she compared to Kitty Litter. "It just hit me in the face," said Cyrus. "I knew it was coming from Carbide." It was not until 36 min. after plant operators discovered the leak that the local volunteer fire chief sounded a siren to warn the community about the cloud of toxic chemical gas. The emergency caused 135 people to seek hospital treatment for shortness of breath, a burning in the eyes and throat, and vomiting...
While the National Party is not likely to lose its comfortable parliamentary majority any time soon, the right wing severely circumscribes Botha's freedom of movement toward change. Addressing himself to the President, Treurnicht last week told a provincial congress of the Conservative Party, "With all respect, I warn you. You will be crushed between black-radical demands and the resistance of whites. You are awakening the tiger in the whites...
...credentials as a reporter for the weekly Dutch magazine Elseviers. Grivnina's shouts attracted a stampede of reporters. Lomeiko, fuming about "people who use this for their own purposes," could barely be heard above the din. "It's either this woman or it's me," he shouted. "I warn you!" Finally, Lomeiko stalked out of the room, but not before cameras had captured the scene for the evening news...
...should the West understand a society in which environmental protests are common and underground churches thriving--and yet in which information is tightly controlled and long prison sentences are handed out for those who transgress dimly defined laws on state secrets? Chinese officials bristle at American finger wagging and warn that how the U.S. treats China will affect Beijing's posture. For each side, finding--and maintaining--common ground will require understanding what's truly happening on the other side of the globe...
...hydropower station's garbage dump for plastic bottles to recycle for pennies. Sobbing, the women explained that they had not found jobs after losing their land. The scene was captured in an underground documentary that environmentalists have passed hand to hand. It concludes with the visitors returning home to warn their families not to believe claims that relocations will mean a good life...