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Vol,18 No.209 July2002

c o v o . : BraziliansoccerteamcaptainCalu holdsaloitthe WorldCup
Lophy atthe end ol lhe 2oo2Wo.ldCupfinals@cer match
betweenBrazilandGermanySunday.June 30. 2oo2 in YokohamaJ. apan.
B.ailwon the match 2-o- (APPhoto/ThomasKienzte)

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Klity is the name ol a small Karen villagedeep in the lorestsof
Kanchanaburl,where the villagers have been "mysteriously" falling lll
and dying. Lead was being reeased intothe nearbycr€ek by a mining
lactory upstream, fes\rlng in a level ol ead in that area lhal was a
lfrousandtimes higher than norma level. Because the vtagers,
tucked deep ln the for€st and not easiy reached by car or foot, de,
pended on the creek for bolh drinking water and lsh to eat, they were
dyinq one by one. For a long wh re, it was a secret dealh that hadn't
been easily or lolmally detected.-.

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Soccer fans, sports enthusiasisand the rest ol the wortd gripp
ed with World Cup fever cried and rejoiced through a whirwind chain
of hean ihumpng matchesths past month, cu minatingin a llna
sweet vctory ior the Brazlian nalional team. The dual between rhe
methodica, hardworking Germans against the flak and gusto ot rhe
Braziliansunrav€led before 72,ooo lans n ihe stadium n Yokohama,
Japan, and was televisedto an estirnatedr.b billionaround the word,
The writer captured the agonizing defeats, gorious moments. and
s i m p l ye v e n t fu l h a p p e n i n g sfn s t h a n d .

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