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...town of Aapua, a wind farm opened just last month, thanks to local residents who began lobbying town officials five years ago; it should supply 40% of Aapua's electricity. The old university city of Lund gets 30% of its heat from a geothermal plant. And Fjaras, in the southwest, just opened a solar-powered health center. Some of these are small efforts, to be sure, but when an entire nation embraces a pledge to wean itself from oil, there's no reason it can't be done. --By Michael D. Lemonick. Reported by Ulla Plon/Helsingborg...
...quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder concierge services and a members-only booking policy closer to Soho House's than Southwest's. Business-jet provider Privatair began operating private-label flights for Lufthansa, Swiss and KLM four years ago, but the first full-fledged airline, Eos, took off last fall from New York City's J.F.K. to London's Stansted. Its customized Boeing 757s have just 48 "suites," including lie-flat...
...Even before Nigeria won its independence from Britain in 1960, nationalist leader Obafemi Awolowo said Nigeria was not a country but a "mere geographical expression." Awolowo was a Yoruba, from the country's southwest. The Yoruba, who are mostly Christian, are just one of three main ethnic groups in Nigeria. In the north live the Hausa/Fulani, who are mostly Muslim, while the Christian Igbo inhabit the southeast. Within each main ethnic group are dozens of smaller divisions. Moreover, millions of people have moved out of their ancestral homes into rival areas. Frictions between the ethnic groups have often erupted into...
...outskirts of Jerome, a small town of 1,800 tucked just southwest of Springfield and perhaps the hardest hit in the area, signs were scrawled on the windows of the Shop 'n Save telling residents the store was open. But while the grocery store was spared, the damage wreaked by the weekend storms that hit most directly here late Sunday was clear. An Oldsmobile Cutlass, its windows shattered, was somehow lifted and plopped back down on the rack of shopping carts outside the store...
...thought some two dozen people were injured, and it was no less tragic for the families who stood on the wrecked streets staring at homes and memories that vanished in a violent spasm of storms and tornadoes that first touched down about 7:20 p.m. Sunday roughly 60 miles southwest of Springfield and hit the capital an hour later...