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...since 1997. As Alaska's climate warms, the permafrost beneath the beaches is thawing and the sea ice is thinning, leaving its 600 residents increasingly vulnerable to violent storms. One house has collapsed, and 18 others had to be moved to higher ground, along with the town's bulk-fuel tanks...
...veto in December; Turkish officials are most worried about France and Austria. But French President Jacques Chirac says he still backs talks and Austria, according to diplomats, is not likely to stand alone. Rejection now, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told TIME, would seriously damage Europe's credibility and "fuel hostility toward Europe across the Islamic world." Still, the dire warnings have stoked disenchantment in Western Europe - and forced Turks to explain themselves - again. "We are not talking about being full members now," said Gul. "We are just talking about negotiations. And these will take time. We are realistic...
...border into Canada. She knows that both I and my chain saw are harmless—that we pose no threat to national security. The chain saw isn’t for me, anyway, but for my uncle: during the summer, we’ll need fresh logs to fuel the wood-burning stove at our camp...
...world needs to find creative ways to conserve fuel...
...Gulf with devices known as AXBTs (airborne expendable bathythermo- graphs), which measure the temperature of the water column. The chief weakness of hurricane- intensity forecasts, Cione believes, is the lack of information about the state of the ocean as a storm churns through. Warm water, after all, provides the fuel that supplies a hurricane with energy, and in Ivan's case, Cione is surprised to find that the water in this region of the Gulf is not as warm as he thought, suggesting that Ivan might weaken before hitting land--which, as it turns...