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/ 20 December 2007
A clash between ministries over how to stop Russia from flaring nearly -billion of gas each year is reinforcing doubts that the country can meet President Vladimir Putin’s goal to all but eliminate the waste by 2011. Some experts say Russia is also the leading flarer of gas, although by its own calculations it is only the second largest after Nigeria.
South African feminist writer Stephanie Vermeulen argues that men too are the victims of cultural forces that distort their lives. Her book <i>Stitched-Up: Who Fashions Women’s Lives?</i> will be published in the US this year, making her one of the first South African non-fiction feminist authors to be published there, writes Andrea Vinassa.