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...zone, the scene is strangely peaceful. As night falls on Ceduna, the noise of traffic gradually recedes until all that can be heard at the highway roadblock are the dulcet tones of Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton reviewing the new movie Jindabyne on TV. "If you had come between four and five," says quarantine inspector Geoff Provis, 62, dressed in fishing hat and fluoro jacket, "you would have had caravans coming out your ears...
...years since Ceduna declared war on the fruit fly. A pest in other states, this blight of fruit- and vegetable-growers the world over is rarely spotted in South Australia, with its encircling deserts providing a natural buffer zone. Even so, as Australia's biggest producer of wine grapes, the state is taking no chances...
...deckhand were tough. "It was a dog's life," he says, with nights spent at sea without amenities in an "open-slather" industry in which "everyone was ready to shoot each other." Things today are far more civilized. Each of the 181 licensed fishermen in Steele's Southern Zone is limited to a maximum catch: no more than 159.3 kg per lobster pot per October?May season. Once you reach that limit, you're on holidays, though usually with decent spending money. As the 17-m fiberglass lobster on the edge of town suggests, Kingston's prosperity depends...
...from crushing Hizballah as a fighting force to a more limited set of goals. Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter told TIME that Israel now seeks the release of two Israeli soldiers held by Hizballah, the cessation of all attacks on Israel from Lebanon, and the creation of a "fire zone" along the southern Lebanese border. This swath will be taken over, he says, by a brawny multi-national force, and when that happens, Israel will withdraw. "We want combatants who are allowed to open fire - not just write letters of complaint," Dichter says...
...Olmert's caution is reinforced by military experts who note that even if Israel clears a buffer zone - which would require the forced eviction of tens of thousands of Lebanese villagers - Hizballah rockets fired from beyond the Litani River could still reach north and central Israel. And war planners have not forgotten that the last time Israeli forces dug in north of the border, their bases and supply lines were easy prey for Hizballah's guerrilla units...