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Greenhouse gas emissions of hydropower in the Mekong River Basin can exceed those of fossil fuel energy sources

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alphagalileo – 04 March 2018 Aalto University

Hydropower is commonly considered as a clean energy source to fuel Southeast Asian economic growth. Recent study published in Environmental Research Letters finds that hydropower in the Mekong River Basin, largest river in Southeast Asia, might not always be climate friendly.

The median greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of hydropower was estimated to be 26 kg CO2e/MWh over 100-year lifetime, which is within the range of other renewable energy sources (<190 kg CO2e/MWh). The variation between the individual hydropower projects was, however, large: nearly 20% of the hydropower reservoirs had higher emissions than other renewable energy sources and in several cases the emissions equalled those from fossil fuel energy sources (>380 kg CO2e/MWh).

The study concludes that hydropower in the Mekong cannot be considered categorically as a clean energy source; instead, the emissions should be evaluated case-by-case together with other social and environmental impacts.

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U.N. calls for Myanmar generals to be tried for genocide, blames Facebook for incitement

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AUGUST 27, 2018 / 2:39 PM / Stephanie Nebehay / 9 MIN READ

GENEVA (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent”, and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under international law, United Nations investigators said.

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A report by investigators was the first time the United Nations has explicitly called for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges over their campaign against the Rohingya, and is likely to deepen the country’s isolation.

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The true nature of John McCain’s Heroism

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New Yorkers – By July 21, 2017

Senators John McCain, at right, and John Kerry, both veterans of the Vietnam War, in 1985. Photograph by CBS Photo Archive / Getty

“He’s not a war hero,” Donald Trump said two years ago, speaking at a Republican Party candidates’ forum in Iowa. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Trump’s insult to Senator John McCain—and, by extension, to every American P.O.W.—drew a gasp of rebuke from across the political spectrum. The initial indignation, however, did not last; in hindsight, it seems one of the final instances of a broad cultural unity that now seems lost to this country forever.

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Probe ordered into handover of Hmong royal palace to gov’t department

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VNE – By Viet Tuan   August 21, 2018 | 10:06 am GMT+7

Probe ordered into handover of Hmong royal palace to gov't department
The Hmong royal family’s palace which has been handed over for use to a local culture department. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh

Vietnam authorities have agreed to “look into” how the former Hmong royal family’s palace was handed over for use to a local culture department.

The decision came following angry demands by the family in the northern highlands’ Ha Giang Province.

Vuong Duy Bao, grandson of the last Hmong King, Vuong Chi Sinh (or Vuong Chi Thanh, 1886-1962), wrote a letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last month asking for the century-old palace to be returned to the family.

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A throwback to Saigon’s original tramway network

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Saigoneer.com – Published on Monday, 05 December 2016 11:06

Written by Tim Doling.

As ever-increasing levels of traffic congestion and air pollution turn many of Ho Chi Minh City’s road junctions into choking bottlenecks, many hopes are pinned on plans to construct a new urban railway network in the southern metropolis. Yet urban railways are hardly a new concept in this city, which was once home to one of Southeast Asia’s largest urban tramway networks.

Indochina’s first mechanized rail-guided transportation system was the one-meter gauge Saigon–Cho Lon “high road” steam tramway, operated by the Societe Generale des Tramways a Vapeur de Cochinchine (SGTVC) and opened to the public on December 27, 1881.

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Facebook says it just found 652 fake accounts out of Russia — and Iran

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Twitter found and suspended Iran-linked accounts as well.

VOX By Emily Stewart Updated 
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg testifies before two Senate committees in April 2018.

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Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it has removed about 650 pages, groups, and accounts it determined are part of a coordinated disinformation campaign out of Russia — and Iran. Also on Tuesday, Twitter said it had suspended 284 Iran-linked accounts.

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Donald Trump’s attorney and fixer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to 8 federal counts

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NPR – August 21, 20183:25 PM ET

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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Trump, leaves his apartment building in New York City on Tuesday.  Richard Drew/AP

Updated at 7:03 p.m. ET

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, has pleaded guilty to eight counts in federal court in New York, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday evening.

They include five counts of tax evasion, one count of falsifying submissions to a bank and two counts involving unlawful campaign contributions.

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The history of Hanoi’s lost tramway network

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Saigoneer.com – Published on Monday, 01 February 2016 10:37

Written by Tim Doling

When they first drew up plans for a citywide tramway network in 1894, it seemed as though the Hanoi authorities would follow Saigon’s example by opting for steam traction. Yet, by the time government approval was forthcoming in 1899, advances in technology made it possible to construct the entire system as a state-of-the-art, one-meter gauge electric tramway.

In 1900, the Compagnie des Tramways Électriques d’Hanoï et Extensions (CTEH) was to set up to build the first two tramway lines, which were jointly inaugurated in November 1901.

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