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...Smith Dharmmasaroj, a Thai official in charge of setting up his country's early-warning system, didn't have to wait for the alert from Hawaii. Ten minutes after the quake struck, he received a phone call from a friend in Bangkok who had felt its tremors. A few minutes later, Dharmmasaroj had confirmed the quake's size and location with seismologists, and then he began working the phones. The result: 40 minutes after the quake, Thai TV and radio networks were broadcasting warnings. In coastal areas, police and soldiers went out on the streets with loudspeakers. But Dharmmasaroj still...
...from donor countries in the tsunami's aftermath have not materialized. India has balked at the idea of an open exchange of data, fearing that nuclear secrets could be revealed. Meanwhile, competition between Indonesia and Thailand to host the warning center has led to an impasse. "We can't wait for these countries to make up their minds," says Thailand's Dharmmasaroj, "so we are setting up our own national warning center." If a system does get off the ground by the end of next year, it will not be a moment too soon. "We don't want...
...College will have to wait for more updated polling results to see if the heavy investment in social and academic reform will result in higher student satisfaction...
...What we try to do is to take about 50 or 75 off the wait list,” he said. “Some years, it’s over the 100; some years, it’s none...
...some comfort, when we wait for those we love to die, to celebrate the way they lived. For Christians this is a season of mystery and grace, and during the final days, John Paul II gave his people one last gift: the message of his visible pain and transcendent love, like a bell ringing out over St. Peter's Square, clear and resounding as it carried up to heaven. --With reporting by Jeff Israely and Giancarlo Zizola/Rome