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...left high and dry. In Garrison, S.D., behind the vast reservoir created by the Garrison Dam, businesses see their sales fluctuate with the level of the reservoir. Last year sales hit $11 million, but in years when the corps sends water south to keep barges from running aground, sales can drop...
...told Parliament in Canberra. The protocol requires greenhouse gas emissions to be cut back to 1990 levels. Howard says Australia will ratify the agreement if the U.S., which produces 36% of the world's carbon emissions, also signs. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Enduring Damage After the oil tanker Jessica ran aground on San Cristobal in January 2001, scientists thought that the Galapagos Islands' wildlife had had a lucky escape. But researchers now believe that marine iguanas, which are unique to the islands, are particularly vulnerable to pollution and that 62% of the population on the island of Santa Fe died after...
...practically embraced as they showered each other with compliments. Vajpayee called Musharraf a "distinguished son of Delhi" (where he was born), and the Pakistani leader dubbed his counterpart India's "graceful elder." They parleyed in private for hours while aides anxiously waited outside the door. But the bonhomie ran aground on Kashmir when they could not agree even on whether to call it a "dispute," as Musharraf demanded, or an "issue," as Vajpayee insisted. The summit collapsed. When Musharraf baldly spilled his position to the Indian press before departing, he scored a propaganda victory that left the upstaged Vajpayee with...
...IOUs--and it's unfair to imply, as the commission does, that they have the value of, say, Confederate dollars. What the commissioners left out is that no one believes Uncle Sam will have trouble raising money to repay the bonds. Though the system will inevitably run aground without reform, most experts believe the Treasury will have ample surplus cash to fund retirees at least until 2025 and perhaps as late as 2038. "If someone implies that in 2016 we have to raise taxes, cut spending or borrow more, they aren't telling the truth," says Brookings Institution fellow Gene...
...north to Sitakunda, one of the great graveyards of the sea. At first glance, it seems like just another coastal town on the way to somewhere else. But behind the row of one- and two-story homes is a stunning beachscape. The setting sun silhouettes scores of ships run aground, groaning as their rusting hulls shift on the sand. Look closer and you'll see thousands of workers moving like hermit crabs across the oil-slicked beach, dismantling the vessels sheet by metal sheet. They chant and smile while they carry the monstrous slabs of tonnage for as little...