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...Science, El Niño is changing - and that could mean more hurricanes for the already battered western Atlantic coast. Climatologists led by Peter Webster at Georgia Tech found that in some El Niño years, the ocean warming associated with the event is moving thousands of miles west, to the center of the Pacific Ocean. Called El Niño Modoki (after the Japanese term meaning "similar, but different"), the new El Niño seems to shift Atlantic cyclones to the west, resulting in more frequent storms and more hurricanes making landfall on the coast...
...clear why the Pacific warming seen in El Niño events is shifting west. It's possibly part of a long-term but natural oscillation, like the decades-long cycles that already affect hurricanes. "The second possibility is that it's an impact of global warming," says Webster, who will continue exploring the question at Georgia Tech. Either way, with the climate warming and El Niño changing, the future is likely to be stormy for the western Atlantic - which is bad news for everyone but hurricane researchers with a new puzzle to solve. "Those are the games...
...Commission's 370-page report collected more than 20,000 statements and took three years and several million dollars to complete. It investigates the causes and consequences of Liberia's conflict, a war that displaced a third of the people in the small West African country, left a quarter of a million dead, and countless more raped, disabled, and traumatized. Johnson Sirleaf is among 50 people the Commission recommends should not be allowed to hold public office. The Commission also says that dozens of individuals should face further investigation and prosecution, though does not include Johnson Sirleaf on those lists...
...adult, you have to start paying attention to where your money is going. Ron advised him to cut his spending or go back to work." Jackson sold Neverland to a partnership run by Colony Capital, a private-equity firm, and moved to the ultra-posh Holmby Hills in West L.A. Burkle's counsel was sensible, free and friendly, and it more than likely saved Jackson's wealth. He even paid for forensic accountants to untangle Jackson's finances. The Gloved One began writing his own checks. But even with cutbacks, Jackson needed income to maintain his lifestyle. That would mean...
...Minister Hussein Shahristani demanded that oil companies lower their profit expectations, offering to pay them $2 for every barrel pumped in Iraq rather than the $4-a-barrel rate sought by oil executives. Chevron, which had negotiated for a year to develop Iraq's second-biggest field, West Qurna, pulled out of the deal on Tuesday, saying it had not met the company's "standard investment criteria." French giant Total and Spain's Repsol also withdrew after failing to secure a better deal from the Iraqis, leaving Baghdad high and dry. "[The Iraqis] approached this auction with...