The government official in charge of the project admitted that Three Gorges held "hidden dangers" that could breed disaster. "We can't lower our guard," Wang Xiaofeng, who oversees the project for China's State Council, said during a meeting of Chinese scientists and government reps in Chongqing, an independent municipality of around 31 million abutting the dam. "We simply cannot sacrifice the environment in exchange for temporary economic gain."
Full article at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster
24 Years of Nuclear Tests in South Asia: A Conversation with Anand Patwardhan [Webinar Invitation]
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On 11 and 13 May 1998, India conducted declared nuclear weapons tests in
Pokhran, Rajasthan. In response to India’s tests on 11 and 13 May, Pakistan
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