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International travelers experience adverse cardiopulmonary health effects even after short stay in polluted cities

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Most were visiting family in cities with consistently high levels of air pollution, including Ahmedabad and New Delhi, India; Rawalpindi, Pakistan; and Xian, China. Some destinations studied—Beijing, Shanghai, and Milan—are heavily polluted during certain months but have relatively cleaner air at other times.

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Forecast: 17M Natural Gas Vehicles Worldwide by 2015

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The top five markets for NGVs are currently Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, and India. This rapid expansion will largely be due to the availability of refueling stations and the growth of government emissions rules in large cities in India. Availability. to reach just over 3 million vehicles (including conversions) by 2015.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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I rode cleaner shtyle with the driver and reached the hotel at 1940 hrs. Unfortunately no rice was available, but I enjoyed the dal-roti. Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. The wind gods from Pakistan were doing their best to slow us down.

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