One Woman's Crusade To Save Peasant Homes
Medha Patkar leads a movement to halt the Narmada dam project in western India. She travels with peasants living in mud huts, opposing 30 major dams and 3,000 smaller ones. Her efforts aim to protect homes, forests, and farmland while appealing to Western financiers and the World Bank. The controversy centers on displacement of a million people and the dam’s broader environmental impact.
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India
Medna Patkar
Narmada
Patkar
Ralph Nader
Mother Teresa
Normada
World Bank
Promy World Bank
Ion Sardar Sarovar
Medha Patkar
Bolivia Drug Trade Shifts Under U S Ballistic Radar Reach
Bolivian drug networks face disruption as AWACS radar planes monitor Chapare Beni and Santa Cruz airspace. DEA and Bolivian police report Colombians now dominate trafficking, with violence rising after key leaders surrendered in 1991 amnesty actions.
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Beni
Santa Cruz
U Drug Enforcement Administration
Delaware
New Jersey
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U.S. Border Patrol
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Interior Minster
Santa Ana
Don Ferrarone
Dea Iain Donia
Ae Caosians
Mercedes Factory Of Future To Feature High Tech
Frankfurt reports Mercedes-Benz opens a 1.3 billion Rastatt plant billed as a factory of the future with high tech computerized assembly and flexible work rules. Chairman Werner Niefer promises eco friendly auto production, while rivals like BMW weigh overseas plants due to high domestic costs.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Mercedes-Benz
Rastatt
Werner Niefer
Reading Success Aims to Boost Summer Student Progress
Aiken readers program Reading Success offers individualized tutoring in reading math and written language. Each student is tested to tailor a two weekly one hour program or 90 minute sessions. progress is guaranteed with reevaluation and free lessons if six months of progress is not shown within five months. Located at 105 Lancaster St with contact 648-3430.
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Aiken
Sandra Mashburn
Someu
Reading Success
Reading Success Center
Lancaster St
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