Factoid/2006/01/09
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Bleak Future Not Only for the Maldives
- "There is a realistic threat that we could be the first environmental refugees in the world... Our message to the U.S. is as simple as this. Sea level rise is not just a phenomenon which is just going to engulf the Maldives and then stop. If it affects us tomorrow, it will affect you the day after," said Mohamed H. Shareef, the chief government spokesman for the Maldives. Excerpt appeared in the Nicholas D. Kristof column from 1/8/2006 in the New York Times; see http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/nicholasdkristof/index.html?inline=nyt-per
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