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...Official results released so far show the opposition candidate Kostunica leading Milosevic by 48 percent to 40 percent. These are not the final results, but if the pattern holds this means Milosevic is offering a runoff election, since according to his results neither man got the necessary 50 percent. Tonight's decision means Milosevic has made a vitally important psychological step. He's admitted he's not the most popular politician in Serbia, and that he's losing the election. And most importantly, he seems to be opting for a political solution rather than violence and confrontation. That's taken...
...Milosevic's message in offering a runoff seems to be, 'I'm ready to go but not just yet; give a little more time.' But from what the opposition has said so far, they won't accept it. They're planning a massive rally for Wednesday, to claim their first-round victory. And if they remain united and firm, Milosevic could still instruct his electoral officials to produce a final result that reflects Kostunica's first-round victory...
...military and the police, deploying them against half of the population would be untenable - it's a conscript army, after all, and the reason Milosevic actually bothers to hold elections at all is that he requires some measure of popular consent to rule. He may therefore opt for a runoff election, preferring to suppress some of his opponent's vote tally rather than inflate his own so that neither man registers more than 49 percent. Milosevic, also, is far from lacking in the requisite cynicism required to simply use opposition charges of widespread ballot fraud as an excuse to call...
Without action, major changes appear inevitable. Should surface water temperatures in the high Arctic rise just a few degrees, the sea ice could disappear entirely, but even a partial melting could devastate the northern hemisphere's climate. A combination of melting ice, increased precipitation and runoff from melting glaciers on land could leave a layer of buoyant freshwater floating atop the denser salt water, at a point in the North Atlantic where water ordinarily cools and sinks. The lighter freshwater wouldn't sink, interrupting the vertical circulation at a crucial point in the cycling of heat through the ocean...
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