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...same time, however, the collapse of the Soviet empire, the creation of new states and the breakup of others have triggered an explosion of ethnic conflicts, with racial and religious hatreds mixed in, giving fresh scope to terrorist free-lancers. Much of the violence committed today in the name of Islam is the work of small, loosely organized cells who emerge for little more than a single act of random vengeance. Sections of Pakistan are ungovernable safe havens for the remnants of 20,000 zealous volunteers from Muslim countries all over the world who went to join the Afghan mujahedin...
...caused by the accumulation in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other gases released by the burning of fossil fuels. As long ago as 1978 a paper in the journal Nature urged scientists to look to Antarctica for early indications of the so-called greenhouse effect--among them the breakup of ice shelves off the Antarctic Peninsula...
...devastating as my parents' divorce was for me, the depression I have battled most of my life was rooted in the 13 years of cold, angry marriage I lived through prior to their breakup. From a very early age I often felt powerless and sad, even though outwardly I appeared cheerful so as not to cause further upset. For me, the divorce was one part relief--that the fighting was over--and two parts grief, as it confirmed for me that ultimately I was powerless in the matter. Staying together ``for the sake of the children'' is beside the point...
Almost no one disputes there are many valid reasons for divorce-among them, domestic violence, child abuse and substance abuse. Mere incompatibility seems reason enough, when no children are involved. But the breakup of families is increasingly seen not only as a personal tragedy but also as a social crisis. Which may be why, suddenly, there seems to be so much attention being paid to preventing divorce. "We're seeing a trend in the past couple of years toward couples doing more work to preserve and strengthen relationships," says Froma Walsh, co-director of the Center for Family Health...
...University of California,Berkeley, she began a study of 131 children whose parents were divorcing. In the mid-'70s, when popular and academic wisdom held that ending a bad marriage worked to the long-term benefit of all concerned, she recalls reporting that 18 months after the breakup "we didn't see a single child who was well adjusted. And we didn't see a single child to whom divorce was not the central event of their lives...