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Energy Perspectives for Europe: the Ukrainian potential

05/29/2009

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Sooner or later – the first is more probable – energy perspective for Europe will bring together the regions of Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Baltic Sea in an attempt for closer cooperation. It is essential to face the main energy security challenges at earliest convenience as it is being done by the UN European Commission for Europe in Geneva, the EU Commission in Brussels, National Governments of the European Union of 27 and so on. Europe, with its…

Over the Mountains, Into the Water – Year Round. Review of Dharma Drum Mountain Relief Works in Myanmar and the province of Sichuan in China.

05/25/2009

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In May 2008, Myanmar (located in the Indo-China region) was hit by a sudden cyclone and in the same month, China’s Sichuan Province was struck by an earthquake, both resulting in the deaths of thousands of people. Throughout the past year since the occurrence of the natural disasters, and under the instructions of Master Sheng Yen – founder of Dharma Drum Mountain (“DDM”**) – DDM’s relief team and volunteers endured both, Myanmar’s burning temperatures and waded through Sichuan’s muddy…