Dynastic leaders consolidating territory and developing China's economy exploited the country's natural resources in ways that contributed to famines and natural disasters, writes CFR's Elizabeth Economy in The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future.
Credit Julio Cortez/Associated Press. 1  United Airlines flights were grounded Tuesday morning because of an unidentified computer problem, leading to widespread delays. 2  The airline said it began delaying all flights at 9 a.m. 3  United said the ground stop affected about 150 flights, or 8 percent of its morning schedule.
1 Sitting in those seats, about 274,018 passengers flew on regular flights from BWI to DFW.  According to 2009 FAA data, it turns out that American Airlines' flight #567, was the flight with the most delays, with about 7 minutes average delay for flights from Washington to Dallas.