Aral Sea’s death: An ecological disaster
Washington Post reports in Maynak Uzbekistan on the Aral Sea’s collapse after Soviet irrigation for cotton. The fishery, once thriving with 160 tons daily, rotted as the lake shrank to a salty lagoon two decades ago.
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Aral Sea
Washington Post
Maynak
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
West Virginia
Soviet Union
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Central Asian
Syr
Amu
Yusup Kamalov
Tashkent
Sur
Philip Micklin
Western Michigan University
Aral
Deadly famine grips Bardera Somalia amid war and hunger
In Bardera Somalia the smell of death hangs over a town decimated by war and famine. UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders report 30 to 40 deaths daily as up to 1.5 million Somalis face starvation without intensified relief. Aid delays stem from clan militias looting enclaves as Gen. Aidid’s forces control Bardera after the June capture.
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Bardera
Somalia
United Nations
Mogadishu
Kurt Nielson
United Nations Children’s Fund
Unicef
Nielsen
Brigitte Doppler
Medicines Sans Frontiers
Doctors Without Borders
Ethiopia
Paris
Doppler
Red Cross
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Mohammed Siad Barre
Siad Barre
Kenya
Nigeria
Mohammed Geffe Kahie
Aidid
Relief experts warn of 1.5 million at risk of starvation in Somalia
An emergency briefing outlines that 1.5 million people in Somalia face imminent famine conditions. The document lists historical death tolls from major conflicts and famines, including World War II with about 50 million, Ireland’s famine with over 2 million, and Cambodia under Khmer Rouge with over 1 million.
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Somalia
Ireland
Cambodia
Sudan
Lebanon
Bangladesh
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