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...many parts of the world, conservationists are letting the natural beauty and allure of the reefs - which generate about $1.6 billion annually in tourist dollars - do the talking for them. In one area of the Philippines, for instance, local leaders asked fishermen who had been making a living by blast-fishing, which destroys reefs, to trade in their trawlers for dive boats. They did, the fish came back to the reefs, the local economy flourished and everybody - tourists, residents, and coral ecologists alike - was happy. In cases like these, one hand washes the other, says NOAA's Eakin. "If healthy...
...afternoon comments proved to be just the opening salvo before a much bigger blast later in the day. The keynote speaker for the evening dinner was Joyce Carol Oates. who delivered a lively speech about her book Boxing, preceded by a long, esoteric meander through the history of the modern essay. In the midst of her lecture, Oates appeared to make a subtle criticism of Winfrey, whose book club has had a huge effect on the book-selling business. Musing on what truth is within the context of a memoir, Oates seemed to be questioning how Winfrey could pass judgment...
When Baghdad was absolutely certain that Iraq had won the soccer championship against Saudi Arabia in faraway Jakarta, the celebrations began with a sustained blast of AK-47 fire. The happy sound could never be confused with a real gun-battle: few gun-battles, even in Iraq, are that fierce and sustained. Soon the popping of rifle fire was joined by the thudding sound of machine guns - the kind of heavy weapons bolted onto trucks or mounted on rooftops...
...time of the blast, President Musharraf, who has been one of Washington's closest allies in the war on terrorism, was reportedly in Abu Dhabi in a secret meeting with Benazir Bhutto, a long-time political foe, former Pakistani prime minister and opposition leader now living in exile in London. Musharraf is under pressure not only from Islamic extremists based in the lawless frontier lands along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan - a U.S. report issued two weeks ago warned that al-Qaeda and the Taliban had reconstituted in the area - but also from Pakistan's middle-class moderates...
...BLAST FROM THE PAST Before the 2004 elections, Australian officials sent refrigerator magnets inscribed with emergency contact numbers to every household...