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...border in Austria. Aside from the resurgent vole, there is little other happy news in the report - no other species has recovered sufficiently in Europe to be reclassified as less endangered, although some local recovery programs are having an effect. In the U.K., otters - once plentiful before being driven into smaller remote coastal areas - are returning to former habitats in greater numbers, thanks in part to cleaner rivers and the reduced use of pesticides. With so much dire environmental news these days, such glimmers of hope are worth celebrating - Hugh Porter...
...action is needed to prevent Saddam acquiring nuclear weapons. The key difference between North Korea and Iraq, according to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, is that "effective international pressure may have an effect on North Korea." Pyongyang's posture - as erratic and obtuse as it may be - has been driven primarily by the need to end its international isolation. Economic stasis and mass starvation have made the archaic Stalinist regime centered on the personality cult of its "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il desperate not only for trade and investment, but even for food aid from some of its traditional enemies...
...entourage—my aunt, my uncle, two cousins and a family friend—mounted motorbikes driven by local men parked near the bank. These drivers sat here daily, dirtied by mud and sweat, eager to collect their fee of 2,500 Vietnamese Dong (roughly 17 cents). We bumped down dirt roads, ducking as tree branches swung at our heads, and were eventually dropped off in a field of tall grass. Somewhere past this field Ông Ngoai (Grandfather) was resting on the farm he cultivated as a young man—the same farm where my mother...
Question of the decade: “What happened to good music?” In today’s MTV-driven pop culture, it can be hard to find musicians who are creating art and not merely big-selling beats without much to say. Josh Ritter and Lori McKenna, performing at the Paradise next Thursday night, are two Boston-area singer/songwriters who present their listeners with thought-provoking lyrics and sweet melodies as an antidote to the mainstream...
Junior defender John Napper initiated the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute when he blasted a driven ball from midfield. The ball deflected off a defender’s head into the Holy Cross goal to put Harvard...