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...level, and what's considered high ground tops out at under 10 ft. Even now, storm surges combined with heavy rains and high tides can be counted upon to cause serious problems somewhere in the country at least once a decade. But people here are haunted by the specter of the disasters to come if--as seems inevitable--greenhouse effects cause sea levels to rise higher and higher. Indeed, it was Maldives' President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who first raised the issue of global climate change from the perspective of a small island nation to the U.N.'s General Assembly nearly...
...likely to be less effective in articulating their positions. The CIA and DHS are not without their fair share of abuses and it is essential that strong voices of dissent exist to stimulate debate on such issues as the indefinite detentions of suspects at Guantanamo Bay, or the specter of eroding civil liberties at home. This page has redundantly expressed its discontent with many of the practices of these agencies; yet we by no means espouse efforts to silence other opinions...
...exposed to the AIDS virus, many of whom are infected through drug abuse. Though much has been made of the role of anal intercourse in the transmission of AIDS among homosexuals, the AIDS virus is almost certainly spread through vaginal intercourse as well. The vulnerability of prostitutes raises the specter of a major new source of contagion...
...rivals who may not be subject to the same stringent national rules. "The major problem is that it will create unfair competition," says Agnès Thibault, secretary-general of the European Builders Confederation, which is seeking an exemption from the directive. Unions across Western Europe have raised the specter of an army of low-paid service workers without social benefits arriving from Central and Eastern Europe, undercutting prices and destroying local jobs. Some government heads agree. Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker, who currently holds the E.U.'s rotating presidency, said last week that "we must remove any proposals that...
...BEAT BACK A CHALLENGE FROM CONSERVATIVES, WHO WERE WARY of his pro-choice views, but now Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is leading the Senate's scrutiny of President Bush's court nominees. The Pennsylvania Republican, 75, who recently revealed he has Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer, spoke with TIME's Massimo Calabresi...