Anti-pollution protests are on the rise in China / One village's violent experience reflects mounting problem (Bamboo Plants)

Anti-pollution protests are on the rise in China / One village's violent experience reflects mounting problem
The tents are gone, the protesters have dispersed and the police have retreated to the shadows. But villagers remain in jail, local women are still tending deformed babies, and rage burns beneath the surface. With the spread of pollution-related...
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Drawn to beauty of Heliconia
Till today, artist Yap Kim Boon still fondly recalls his first encounter with the Heliconia flower, the signature theme that continues to inspire many of his art works.
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Home & Garden Events
10 a.m.-6 p.m. today-Sunday, Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin. Texasbamboosociety.org or (512) 929-9565. Free admission, $3 for parking.
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Home and garden happenings
Today, 9 a.m. to noon, 1137 Baronne St. The Parkway Partners' Second Saturday gardening seminars continue, focusing on cool-weather herbs, vegetables and flowers. Featured speaker is Karen Blackburn, LSU Ag Center extension agent for Orleans Parish.
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All-you-can-eat Asian cuisine buffet
As the headline suggests, The Emperor, Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers is having a promotion until tomorrow with more than 100 varieties for lunch and dinner. It is priced at RM85++ per person. For reservation, call 03-5031 6060 ext 1954.
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Fall chores in the yard and garden
Do you have questions for Tim? Send them to ndn@ecnnews.com and he will answer them in upcoming columns. As summer slowly slips away, it is time to begin your fall gardening chores. Let me give you a brief list of some of the things you need to do soon.
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UTC and CI partner to support reforestation in China
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) announced today that it is supporting Conservation International's (CI) efforts to restore critically endangered forests within the Mountains of Southwest China through a $200,000 grant stretching over two years.
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Saving faces
Winchester Like many women over the age of 40, Jeanne Brown sometimes imagined what it would be like to have a cosmetic procedure or two to give her appearance a more youthful look.
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