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Posted Mon Sep 22 2008: from Abu Dhabi National:
War zone's melting glacier a "colossal" risk http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1222120799
ISLAMABAD // India and Pakistan's 24-year battle for the Siachen Glacier along the disputed border above Kashmir costs more than US$2 billion (Dh7.4bn) annually, is accelerating glacial melting and is putting millions of South Asians at risk of catastrophic floods, drought and food shortages, glacial experts and environmentalists warn.
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