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...what's arguably the lowest-lying country in the world. The average elevation is a little more than 3 ft. above sea 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...
...years in prison for the murder of his wife, Zhang Zaiyu; following the revelation that Zhang was still alive; in Jingmen, China. After his wife's disappearance in 1994 and the discovery of an unidentified woman's body in a reservoir near their home, investigators apprehended She, who said upon his release that he confessed to his wife's murder after being beaten and deprived of sleep during a 10-day interrogation. Zhang resurfaced in her hometown last month after a decade spent living in another province, where she had fled to escape her marriage. Lawyers say they plan...
...bees alarm both the bee industry and the agricultural community. In California, 21 fruit and nut crops and 20 vegetable crops, valued at about $2 billion, depend upon commercial hives for pollination. An apiary infested by the Africanized variety is much more difficult to handle and produces far less honey since these bees greedily consume most of it themselves...
...anyone should care about the chief executives and movie stars who get sweaty palms every time they undertake a new task. The answer, according to Clance and Harvey, is that IP fears can trigger illness and debilitating emotional trauma in sufferers, and cause additional problems for others who depend upon them. Consider, for example, the hyped-up physician who told Clance about his long battle to keep his fears under control. "It was wearing me out pretending to be a doctor," he confided. He eventually realized that his unfounded obsession with imminent failure had driven him to nervous exhaustion, adversely...
...soon settled upon a strategy: find a luxury apartment in one of the best downtown areas, hire a property firm like Colliers International or Jones Lang LaSalle to manage it, then lease it to expats. (Locals, I was told, hate to rent.) "Go for a prime location in the city center," advised Wayne Zane, an analyst at Colliers. "In a downturn, it will be less affected." So, a few weeks ago, I began touring apartments in buildings with names like Baroque Palace and Sea of Clouds Garden. The target zone: three downtown districts?Xuhui, Jingan and Luwan?that all seem...