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Ancient lessons for a modern challenge
What caused the collapse of the Cambodian city of Angkor, the largest preindustrial city in the world, 600 years ago? Previous research suggests war and overexploitation of the land were to blame, but a new ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Delhi's air as dirty as ever despite some reforms
(AP) -- A decade ago, plans for a metro and clean-fuel buses were hailed as New Delhi's answer to pollution. But air in the Indian capital is as dirty as ever - partly because breakneck development has brought ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Metro belatedly opens in India's IT hub Bangalore
The first metro in India's IT hub of Bangalore rolls into service Thursday, a long-delayed and over-budget project to help the city's army of commuting software engineers and call centre staff.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Nepal capital tops quake risk list
With rescue work still under way in Nepal after the deadly earthquake in the Himalayas, scientists have warned that the capital Kathmandu is a high-risk city unprepared for the next "Big One".
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Clean fuel worsens climate impacts for some vehicle engines: study
A pioneering program by one of the world's largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has not significantly improved harmful vehicle emissions in more than 5,000 vehicles and worsened ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Japan touts pedal-powered water purifier
A Japanese company is gearing up for large-scale production in Bangladesh of a bicycle that can also be used to purify water at disaster zones or remote villages.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Mobile app takes on India's cheating tuk-tuk drivers
It could spell the end for cheating autorickshaw drivers in India, the scourge of commuters and foreign tourists alike.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets
(AP) -- The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard ...
Oct 31, 2010 |
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Future looks sunny for Bangkok's tuk-tuks
Prapai Hemsuwan gunned the engine of his emerald green three-wheeler, sending it into a fit of rasping coughs and causing clouds of black smoke to belch into the air.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 29, 2010 |
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