Gabrielle Grenz – The Mail & Guardian

/ 14 June 2007

Scandal-tainted former UN leader Waldheim dies

Kurt Waldheim, the former United Nations secretary general and president of Austria whose reputation was tarnished by revelations over his Nazi past, died on June 14 at the age of 88, his family said. The former statesman suffered a heart attack in May and had been ailing ever since.

By Gabrielle Grenz

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/ 10 February 2006

How bottled water is taxing the world’s ecosystem

Bottled-water consumption, which has more than doubled globally in the past six years, is a natural resource that is heavily taxing the world’s ecosystem, according to a new United States study. "At as much as $2,50 per litre, bottled water costs more than gasoline," the study says.

By Staff Reporter