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World's major rivers in crisis: Climate change, the major culprit
Mar 20 2007, Irani

Think of Indus disappearing from the world map. Such a phenomenon will hit thousands of people living directly on the river source and millions indirectly. It’s just the fear of the Indus disappearing. What if some of the world’s major rivers reach this..

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Swollen Rio Grande receding from Texas border town
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Residents of the west Texas border town of Presidio are breathing easier as the swollen Rio Grande recedes for the second day in a row.
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West Texas braces for Mexican reservoir release
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Helicopters were used to drop huge sandbags on a levee and a crew of prison inmates worked to create a makeshift dam Saturday as officials in this rural border city...
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A levee protecting this West Texas border town from the swelling Rio Grande failed Thursday, and authorities were mobilizing helicopters and inmates for a sandbagging...
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4 dead in crash of flood-survey plane near border
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The wreckage of a plane carrying Mexican and U.S. officials checking on border-area flooding was found Wednesday in a mountainous area two days after it disappeared,...
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Agency: 4 dead in small plane crash in Mexico
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Agency says 4 dead in plane crash in Mexico
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An intergovernmental agency says all four of those on board a plane that crashed in Mexico after taking off from Texas are dead.
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Plane carrying IBWC officials found in Mexico
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The U.S. Border Patrol says it has found a plane carrying two International Boundary and Water Commission officials and two others in a rugged section of the Sierra...
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Water tops levee, pours into Texas border town
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Water has topped a stressed levee that separates the West Texas border town of Presidio from the swelling Rio Grande.
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Flood threatens West Texas border town
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A levee holding back the swelling Rio Grande near this West Texas border town is in danger of bursting as the river continues to rise.
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Flood forces parts of Texas border town to empty
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The rain-swollen Rio Grande began sloshing over a levee near this border town Tuesday, and officials cleared everyone from low-lying areas as they awaited a deluge they...
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River Rio Grande Disappearing Dramatically
Irani, New Delhi
One of the world’s great rivers — the Rio Grande is today reduced to a feeble trickle. It only seems to be awaiting its disappearance from the world map?!...
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River Rio Grande Disappearing Dramatically
Irani, New Delhi
One of the world’s great rivers — the Rio Grande is today reduced to a feeble trickle. It only seems to be awaiting its disappearance from the world map?!...
River Rio Grande, Texas, Comanche raids, Spanish missionaries
made popular Feb 27 2006
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