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When they learned they were marked for assassination, Parvaneh Limbert and her husband John — the political section chief at…
Preventing and Controlling Floods in Bangladesh: Tackling an Age-Old Problem
A terrible flood struck Bangladesh in 1988, killing over 6,000 people, destroying millions of tons of crops and causing millions…