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...annual tourist business in jeopardy, the Army Corps of Engineers put forward a $7.8 billion plan in 1998 to undo many of its earlier projects and restore the slow-moving sheet of water that made the Everglades a natural wonderland. Billions more will be spent removing phosphorus from agricultural runoff, restoring habitats and modifying development plans to reduce stress on the system, but there is no guarantee that even these efforts will bring back the Everglades. The unsettling prospect that the planet's richest nation may not have the wherewithal to restore a vital ecosystem underscores a theme that runs...
...compassionate" and "conservative" are not diametrically opposed. But the South Carolina statehouse Confederate flag issue has forced the Texas governor onto a high wire between the two camps, as he tries to keep the conservative base he built in the primaries while wooing compassionate swing voters. In his primary runoff against John McCain, Bush said it was up to the state to decide whether to keep the controversial banner (which is widely seen as an emblem of white supremacy) atop its capitol building, and refused to take a position on the issue. He was pressured to reconsider that decision Wednesday...
...trouble in Peru is just beginning. Three days of ballot tallies ended last Wednesday in the announcement that a runoff vote would take place in June between the two leading candidates for the Peruvian presidency, incumbent Alberto Fujimori and opposition leader Alejandro Toledo. President Fujimori is vying for his third straight term in office, but his campaign has been recently marred by allegations of corruption. Most recently, it is likely that Fujimori tampered with the ballots. When "official" election returns suggested a Fujimori victory--even though exit polls 12 hours earlier indicated that the Peruvian president would not have...
...coming under a barrage of criticism and warnings of dire consequences if he claimed a first-round victory," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "He came under considerable pressure from the United States, the European Union and the Organization of American States to accept a second-round runoff in light of widespread allegations of electoral fraud. And there were tens of thousands of people in the streets of Peru's major cities, vowing to fight any attempt to claim a first-round victory...
...selling secrets to the U.S., and there's considerable resentment against him in the officer corps. And Toledo's not exactly a fire-breathing leftist, so rather than weigh in behind Fujimori, this time the military may simply go with whoever emerges strongest in the runoff." While it's far too early to predict a result for that election, it's a safe bet that its victor will sport his share of welts and bruises...