This has irritated several national governments, especially the British and French ones, which think the PMOI is a nasty nuisance and its presence on their soil bad for relations with both Iraq and Iran.

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Soil erosion is particularly bad in the Himalayan foothills where most north Indian rivers rise.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

The Fir Park pitch is currently playable as the under-soil heating has been on constantly since the bad weather began.

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