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...still time to save the sharks before the most imperiled species are entirely wiped out, but conservationists must act fast. The best protection method is to establish marine reserves--areas of ocean where fishing is off limits for a while so the vanishing species can catch its breath and rebuild its ranks. Such a strategy works for imperiled commercial fish and could work for sharks too, although it would take more time because sharks breed relatively slowly...
...billion in foreign aid will help rebuild Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province and Bali's battered tourist economy...
...urns. Today the gallons piped in daily to meet the demands of a growing population and its shower-needy visitors are overwhelming the ancient plumbing. "Seepage into the foundations has left many structures unstable," says Sue Carpenter, founder of a charity called Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. "And you can't rebuild Jaisalmer." The seepage problem, plus violent monsoons in 1993 and a severe earthquake in 2001, caused the collapse of scores of historic buildings, including Jaisalmer's oldest palace, the Har-Raj-Ji-ka-Mahal...
...House has been reluctant to curb his consolidation of power at the Pentagon, particularly his plan to tighten the military's grip on intelligence gathering. After his star turn as prime-time war boss last fall, Rumsfeld spent much of this year defending the Administration's meager efforts to rebuild Afghanistan--and then selling America on the threat posed by Iraq. Careful that Bush not be seen as an extremist, Pentagon aides insist Rumsfeld has actually restrained the march toward war championed by his hawkish deputies, who are busy pushing for stepped-up covert propaganda efforts--even inside friendly countries...
...Administration seems wedded to the distinctive theory of nation building adopted by the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations in Somalia (disastrously) and in Bosnia and Kosovo (rather more successfully): use American military power, preferably from the air, to effect "regime change" in the nation you want to rebuild. Then pass the buck to someone else, and hope for the best...