Feb
18
Understanding Climate Change
February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
by Eva Chang
Climate Change has evolved to have a dual meaning. On one hand, climate change pertains to the shifts in climate caused by natural causes experienced through the natural seasonal changes. On the other hand, climate change has recently been understood as the environmental phenomenon reflecting the extreme changes in climate in different regions [...]
Feb
18
Obama: so many rounds to fight
February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
Kitty Tse Rui (1)
Feb. 14, 2008
Barack Obama has racked up victories in Nebraska, Washington, Louisiana, Maine, District of Columbia, Maryland as well as Virginia from Feb. 9 to Feb.12, making further progress in his Democratic nominee campaign. But the results shadow forth that fierce competition for delegates will continue to primaries in Texas and Ohio [...]
Feb
18
Some basics on drug production and trafficking
February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Violet Wang
Drug trafficking is continuing a trend of its own globalization, with different countries seeing their roles changed in the chain of illegal drug industry, thus facing new issues to fight the crime.
Traditionally the manufacturing of opium was from the the south-east Asian “Golden Triangle,” once a major center of illicit poppy cultivation, taking [...]