NYMHM: The two burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman; Asia's plague of cars

Wed Jul 11 14:20:15 PDT 2007

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QUOTED: 

   "We're aging, and there's little time left. We request the court
   mediate and seek a settlement through direct negotiations."

   -- Excerpt from a letter sent by Japanese plaintiffs seeking an
   expedited settlement to an air pollution lawsuit that has dragged
   on for 11 years (see "Environment II: Pollution & Health," below). 

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     The two burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman
     Schwarzenegger: on the wings of charity
     Big boom in Baghdad home shares

   *War & Terrorism*
     Armenia & Azerbaijan: A war without end

   *Environment I: Conservation*
     It's not easy being green

   *Environment II: Pollution & Health*
     Asia's plague of cars

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 TOP STORIES
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 > The Two Burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman 

   U.S. military officials took credit for killing a top al Qaeda
   leader -- twice. After a recent announcement that Kamal Jalil 
   Uthman, the leader of al Qaeda terrorists in Mosul and a "very
   dangerous terrorist," was killed in a raid last month, a 
   reporter from the Examiner noticed that the military had 
   already taken credit for killing Uthman last ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004326.html

 > Schwarzenegger: On the Wings of Charity

   Government watchdogs are concerned that a shadowy nonprofit that
   finances Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's lavish international 
   trips may also allow special interests to donate big bucks to 
   the governor in return for political favors -- and all without 
   any public ... 

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004327.html

 > Big Boom in Baghdad Home Shares

   Sunnis in the south of Baghdad, and Shias in the north, have 
   been forced out of their homes as their neighborhoods came under 
   control of militants of another sect. Rather than flee the
   country, however, their solution has been to swap homes with 
   a Sunni or Shia family in the same situation ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004328.html     

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 WAR & TERRORISM
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 > Azerbaijan and Armenia: War Without End

   The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that killed 30,000 
   people and created one million refugees supposedly ended 13 
   years ago with a ceasefire in 1994 -- but the countries are 
   still at war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory in ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004329.html

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 ENVIRONMENT I: CONSERVATION
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 > It's Not Easy Being Green

   If some aspects of "green" marketing and technology sometimes
   sound too good to be true, that's because they are. Kansas 
   rushed E10, an ethanol/gasoline blend, into gas stations after
   its ozone levels violated the Clean Air Act. But officials 
   are having second thoughts after learning ... 

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004330.html

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 ENVIRONMENT II: POLLUTION & HEALTH
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 > Asia's Plague of Cars

   In spite of Asia's renown for producing the most advanced, 
   gas-efficient cars on the planet, the growing popularity of
   car travel in China, Japan, Vietnam and their neighbors has 
   led to serious air pollution and heath effects. 

   Pollution kills 750,000 people in China every year, according
   to previously unreleased ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004331.html

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