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1. The EU blames the threat of famine to a drought affecting much of southern Africa but said it was acerbated by a political and economic crisis and " the undermining of commercial agriculture by the'fast track'land reform, " boosted by Mugabe, an EU statement said.
2. "We're worried if manufacturers once again break their consent decrees and emit far more ( pollution ) than allowed, it could acerbate our ability to meet federal health based ( air quality ) standards, " said Bill Becker, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Air Pollution Administrators.
3. The EU blames the threat of famine on a drought affecting much of southern Africa but said it was acerbated by a political and economic crisis and " the undermining of commercial agriculture by the'fast track'land reform, " boosted by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, an EU statement said.