Word: derailments
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...humans aren't aquatic. Most of us, in fact, wish the world were dryer, not wetter, and flooding tops the list of human grievances against the beaver. By raising water levels, its unkempt but admirably watertight dams can flood basements, swamp sewer systems, spoil trout streams and even derail trains...
...bombs have gone off (or been defused) on railways in India, Russia, France, the Philippines, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Israel and Germany. Iyman Faris, a truck driver from Ohio who pleaded guilty last May to providing material support to al-Qaeda, told investigators that the organization wanted to derail a train near Washington. Other intelligence sources reported that al-Qaeda operatives had cased the Washington rail corridor and that some had discussed exploding a train near storage tanks for hazardous chemicals. In France, a shadowy group calling itself AZF claims it has hidden 10 bombs around the country...
...from his near-death experience”—despite the fact that his brush with “death” had consisted of picking up a respectable number of delegates before the polls opened in 49 out of 50 states. Once set in motion, nothing could derail the media’s plotline, which left the doctor no room for resuscitation...
...that the pact is practically dead, each and all will feel free to do as they please. Think about European monetary union as a train made up of 12 cars, which represent the national economies. Unless all of them move at the same speed, the train will derail. But the problem goes deeper still. The European Union is embroiled in a tortuous constitution-making process that brought its Foreign Ministers to Naples late last week. Britain, Poland and Spain have been voicing grave misgivings about relinquishing ever-more sovereignty to this non-nation that goes by the name of Europe...
...Zimbabwe in TIME Time To Talk SRI LANKA A joint committee set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should work out new power-sharing arrangements by Dec. 15, Kumaratunga's spokesman announced, and so end a bitter tussle between the two rivals that threatens to derail efforts to end the 20-year-long civil war. E.U. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten travels to Colombo this week to help resolve the three-week-old crisis, sparked by Kumaratunga's accusation that Wickremesinghe's government has been too lenient in peace negotiations with Tamil Tiger rebels. MEANWHILE...