The Daily Star: Internet Edition Fri. July 06, 2007

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Environment

Sustainable development needs to be environment-friendly
Mankind is a part of nature and life depends on the uninterrupted functioning of natural systems which ensure the supply of energy and nutrients.

Hot air is not enough
President George W. Bush averted a nasty rift when he agreed in the final hours of the recent G8 summit to "consider seriously" the need to halve the world's emissions of global-warming gases by 2050.

China aims for bigger share of South Asia's water lifeline
Sharpening Asian competition over energy resources, driven in part by high growth rates in gross domestic product and in part by mercantilist attempts to lock up supplies, has obscured another danger: