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...news: across a big swath of the globe, the sea is still rising, eroding what for low-lying places was already a slim margin of safety. Making the problem even worse is the loss of what Florida International University coastal expert Stephen Leatherman calls "living landforms," which would otherwise buffer that rise. Consider the wetlands that are an integral part of all river deltas, he says. Plants trap sediment from floodwaters flowing downriver, and the more they trap, the higher these wetlands grow. The problem is, people don't much like floods, so they build levees, which keep sediments from...
...Energy Minister, has grumbled that white-owned companies that fulfill their empowerment obligations by selling stakes to "a few BEE gentlemen" are guilty of "sabotage and neglect of the transformation imperatives." South African corporations are getting the message and beginning to distribute the BEE wealth over a wider socioeconomic swath. In February, banking and insurance group First Rand finalized a $1.2 billion empowerment deal that will put 10% of the company's shares in trusts established for black staff members as well as poor rural women and mine workers...
...moment, an initial duel appears to be shaping up between Germany's Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Italy's Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi. The former Archbishop of Munich, who for the past 23 years was Pope John Paul II's doctrinal watchdog, is being promoted by a swath of electors attracted to his traditional views, intellectual acuity and his knowledge of the Roman Curia. Once considered something of a firebrand, he is now seen by many as an ideal pick to carry out a "transitional" papacy after the 26-year reign of Wojtyla. Tomorrow is Ratzinger's birthday: He turns 78. Whether...
...meager amount of petroleum purported to be buried in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Senate Republicans have not only mortgaged the future of a swath of unspoiled wilderness, they have cast their respect for America’s political process in doubt...
...Instead of turning a single subject on its head, Mr. Summers has cut a swath through half-a-dozen disciplines with clever, mostly contrarian contributions,” the Times reported, unwittingly diagnosing Summers with a condition that would eventually lead to his biggest mistakes as a public figure...