April 08, 2009 Source: Radio Free Europe By Farangis Najibullah The first Soviet atomic bomb, tested in 1949, was made from Tajik uranium. Now Tajikistan is dealing with the dangerous legacy of its role in the Soviet nuclear program: 55 million tons of radioactive waste that, in some sites, is leaking into the soil and [...]
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Photo: Business Week The following article was found at The World’s Biggest Problems. They define their mission on their homepage. “The World’s Biggest Problems portal has a simple, clear mission: educating people all around the world about the biggest problems facing humanity. These problems have two criteria, they must be global in scope, and have [...]
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Today we go to China. A country imbued with a history of floods and droughts, China could now be facing an even greater challenge. After three decades of economic growth, hundreds of millions of its people have migrated to the cities. China is laboring under the pressure caused by a dramatic increase in demand for [...]
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