Kazakhs reject Siberian river diversion plan

    A Kazakhstani commission, citing Central Asia’s post-Soviet geopolitical changes, has rejected the long-considered idea of diverting Siberian rivers to Central Asia.     A panel appointed by Prime Minister Karim Massimov dismissed the proposal, said Petr Plekhanov, a commission member and deputy director of the Kazakhstani Scientific Research Institute for Hydro-ecology and...