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IHT Rendezvous: Stray-Cat Barbecue, Dirty Tap Water, Celebrity Hijinks, No Chen - The Usual
nytimes.com 2 weeks, 4 days agoLast week, while the rest of the world was reading about the daring exploits of the blind activist Chen Guangcheng, most Chinese citizens knew nothing about it, not even the half-billion mainlanders with Internet access. So what were the Chinese reading about all week?
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Company Wants To Tap Mojave's Public Lands For Southland Water
latimes.com 1 week, 5 days agoCadiz Inc. could realize $1 billion to $2 billion in revenue over the plan's 50-year life. Opponents say public resources are being used for private profit.CADIZ, Calif. , Three decades ago a group of businessmen pored over NASA satellite imagery as part of a worldwide hunt for large groundwater reserves they could tap to grow desert crops. They found the signs they were looking for here in the sun-blasted mountain ranges and creosote-freckled valleys of the Mojave Desert, 200 miles east of Los Angeles.
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