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Hungary toxic sludge reaches Danube River: Top 10 environmental disasters worldwide

The toxic sludge now covering 15 square miles of Hungary and seeping into the Danube River is a serious environmental disaster whose severity and long-term consequences are still unclear. Will the release of the 35 million cubic feet of alumina refining waste become one of the Top 10 manmade environmental disasters of the past century?
In Pictures: Companies that have paid big for environmental disasters
In Pictures: Big Environmental Disasters
In Pictures: Hannah's journey: A Russian adoption

Hungary toxic sludge reaches Danube River: Top 10 environmental disasters worldwide

The toxic sludge now covering 15 square miles of Hungary and seeping into the Danube River is a serious environmental disaster whose severity and long-term consequences are still unclear. Will the release of the 35 million cubic feet of alumina refining waste become one of the Top 10 manmade environmental disasters of the past century?
In Pictures: Companies that have paid big for environmental disasters
In Pictures: Big Environmental Disasters
An international adoption story: Hannah, from Russia

Hannah Rocklein’s saga – an international adoption 11 years later
In Pictures: Hannah's journey: A Russian adoption
King Tut: The science behind the discovery

The ground-breaking DNA study not only proved that King Tut wasn't murdered. It marks a new chapter in the application of modern science to ancient history.
In a desert camp, Iraqis find aid and zone of trust

Camp Mittica gives average Iraqis access to international aid groups, such as Smile Train volunteers who treated about 100 children with cleft lips and palates.
Cindy McCain: rodeo queen to first lady?

Both privilege and challenge have marked her life, and now Mrs. McCain could follow her husband to the White House.