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Volume 9, No. 75, June 2004
CONTENTS

7

Arabs: from oil exporters to partnership in energy technology
(editorial by Najib Saab)

16
Seas wanted: dead or alive? an overview of the state of the world oceans (cover story)
22
Wastewater mismanagement in Lebanon

28

Iraqi scrap scandal: trading radiation

33

State of the environment 2004 as seen by the youth (excerpts from students' reports to Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia's school contest)

42
Wonders of Galapagos
48
The black iris: Jordan's national flower
50
Pentagon's secret report: Climate change more perilous than terrorism
52 Water privatization: companies profit while the poor are kept thirsty
56 Environmental design competition at UAE University: women scientists score highests
60 Palm hugger in Ghardaia: the story of an Algerian elder
Letters to the editor 8 - Environment in a month 10 - Environment market 62 - Green library 64- Calendar 56
Supplement: The Young Environmentalist