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G' Best 'might be dying, mr child abuser glitter might get the firing squad...and we might get snow this Friday, but those things are pretty irrelevent. Lets get back to the 'real news'

see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 462760.stm

This is MAJOR news story, although is still not really widely known.

The main river is now toxic...and dozens of villages...towns, and major cities are not utterly without enough water to drink.

Naturally, the loveable communist Chinese govt' have been playing a cover-up/say jack' strategy since the orginal chemical plant explosion 10 days ago. Finally though, they are now admitting things.

Give it a week, and see if we have a few million dying of thirst....with the mainstream world sitting back doing nothing.

Calrissian: the X-Factor replacement for mr walsh?[/quote]

Well said Calrissian. The Chinese and Russian governments rule their countrys with an iron-fist and send their citizen to gulags/labourcamps for the slightest misdemeanour. Russia's distruction of Chechnya makes Bush and Blair look like a pair of ant-war peace keeping activists.

It continues to surprise me that the Chechens have not yet retaliated with a nuke set off in Red Square. There are plenty lurking out there, and if you got a few hundred million $ in cash/gold, there are a few nervous sellers out there. No doubt about it.

If I were a Chechen, well, thats what I would do. Vapourise a few hundred thousand Moscovites as payback for the Genocide of an entire City.

Sooner or later...a few rogue groups will get hold of nukes, and after all the government abuse over the last few decades I shall not blame them for taking such extreme action.

Ohh, does that make me a terrorist sympathiser? Hmm, well I sure as hell don't sympathise with the Blair*, Bush, Putin, and Chinese Governments right now, they remain contemptable..all of who have committed crimes against humanity.

*Blair alone is entirely complicit in the deaths of 100,000+ Iraqis since Gulf War II. So much for his religious good nature, sigh.

Calrissian: locked down for the night....in chilly Hatfield

Wednesday November 23, 2005 7:46 PM
By MARIA DANILOVA

MOSCOW (AP) - A controversial proposal to restrict foreign-funded nongovernment organizations received initial parliamentary approval Wednesday amid growing Kremlin displeasure with groups that promote human rights and democracy.

Critics called the move another step in President Vladimir Putin's tightening of controls over Russian society.

The bill requires local branches of foreign NGOs to reregister as Russian entities subject to stricter financial and legal restrictions. It also further increases government control of NGOs, allowing official oversight of their finances and activities.

Foreign-funded groups say the bill, which received 370-18 approval in the 450-seat Russian parliament's lower house on the first of three readings, could effectively terminate their Russian operations.

Full report from the Guardian

10.02AM, Wed Nov 23 2005
ITV

Fear as water contamination hits Chinese city

Panic has struck the Chinese city of Harbin after the city's water supply was cut off for fear of chemical contamination.

Residents are crowding airports and railway stations trying to get out of Harbin, while millions of others are rushing to buy bottled water and food.

A blast at a nearby chemical plant caused the water contamination and five people were killed in the explosion.

Taps were turned off in Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province, after rumours of an imminent earthquake had already triggered panic buying of bottled water and food.

Fifteen hospitals are on standby to take in contamination victims.

"The contamination of the waters of the Songhua river has led to the shutdown of water supply to a city of a few million people, this is a matter we must not take lightly.

"Officials from the various authorities must treat this matter with utmost importance and see to it that we can resume our water supply to the city," said Heilongjiang provincial governor, Zhang Youyi.

The Beijing Times newspaper said the pollutants in the river included benzene, an industrial solvent and component of petrol, and that they had reached the city.

Hmm.
the story on Putin merits attention. He is a strong leader, - has his good points, but he is VERY obsessed with control at all levels, especially the media.

The onlu upside is that he is not a lunatic, and so we can probably sleep okay knowing he won't launch a pre-emptive nuke strike against us.
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Meanwhile.....far far away...millions of people have no water....and everything stinks of toxic benzene.

Cal: master of bombwar.

2005-11-24 09:44 GMT:
AFX UK Focus

BEIJING (AFX) - China said the toxic benzene slick flowing down the Songhua River would likely reach its border with Russia in two weeks, but played down the impact the chemical spill would have on its neighbor.

"It will be about 14 days before the polluted current flows into the Heilong River," Zhang Lijun, the State Environmental Protection Administration's deputy director, according to Agence France-Presse.

"It is weakening and the level of impact will further decrease."

The 1,897-kilometer Songhua flows into the Heilong river at the border with Russia, then goes on to supply the far east Russian city of Khabarovsk, a city of 650,000 residents, with water.

Russian authorities have already expressed concerns over the benzene slick, saying a total of 1.5 mln residents in and around Khabarovsk may have their water supplies contaminated.

Emergency ministry officials in Khabarovsk said a state of emergency would be put in place tomorrow.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said it was setting up a hotline for quick contact between officials from both countries on the issue, adding China had already twice briefed its neighbor.

"China attaches a a lot of importance to the possible danger and impact that this pollution will pose to our Russian neighbor," Liu said.

"Both sides expressed they will closely and immediately inform each other on relevant information, and at the same time will set up hotline communication contacts between the relevant departments and local governments."

The chemical slick reached the outskirts of Harbin, capital of China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, early this morning.

Authorities cut water supplies to 3.8 mln residents on Tuesday night to prevent widespread poisoning from the carcinogenic benzene.

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Benzene is a volatile aromatic hydrocarbon. Benzene is a commodity chemical used primarily in the production of plastics and other chemical products. Benzene is also a known human carcinogen. Benzene causes various types of leukemia, lymphoma, and blood diseases.