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...Maldives Going Green To Survive With his low-lying island nation at risk from rising seas caused by global warming, President Mohamed Nasheed has announced a plan to make the Maldives the world's first carbon-neutral country. Under the plan, the Maldives would generate electricity with wind turbines and solar panels and buy emissions credits from the E.U. to offset air travel for the estimated 600,000 tourists who visit its islands each year...
...really found his fastball,” Walsh said, expressing confidence in the sophomore. “If he gets his curve going—that’s his out pitch.”Of concern to the Crimson is also its game tomorrow against Bryant in Rhode Island. “Two games midweek can really put a toll on our staff,” Walsh said. “But we’re going to have to muddle our way through.”The Huskies, like Harvard, are no stranger to extra-inning games...
...Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has staked his political future on achieving a military victory over the Tigers, following the collapse of a 2002 cease-fire. The Tigers have been fighting since 1983 to establish a separate homeland in the island's ethnic Tamil-majority areas, a conflict that has claimed more than 70,000 lives. To capture Prabhakaran - dead or alive - would symbolize the successful conclusion of a military offensive that began late in 2006 but has since dragged, despite the capture of nearly every town under Tiger control. Rajapaksa had one message for the Tiger leadership - above all Prabhakaran...
...island of Sri Lanka is one of disparities on a number of accounts. It is commonly misunderstood as one between a terrorist group and a legitimate state, and its status as Asia’s longest continuing civil war—lasting 26 years—with deeply rooted ethnic tensions is not properly considered by the United Nations, the United States, or any other nation...
...proscription of the LTTE as a terrorist organization by the U.S.—followed by the U.K., the EU, and others after September 11—has created a diplomatic imbalance on the island, legitimizing the Sri Lankan government’s indiscriminate military attacks on areas populated by civilians without impunity. Since the government’s official withdrawal from a ceasefire agreement with the LTTE in 2008, its military campaign has internally displaced over 200,000 Tamils in the northeast of the island, killing and injuring thousands...