Meanwhile the International Herald Tribune has more more gloomy environment news via the journal Science.

CNN: Highlights from the world's press

Sean Lester started working as a journalist with the North Down Herald and later became news editor on the Freeman's Journal in Dublin.

BBC: Sean Lester: Belfast tribute to leading diplomat

From there I went on to write business and finance pieces for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Newsweek, Business Week, Florida Today, The Bradenton Herald and CCH.

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