Freeze dates are defined as the observed period when a lake or river was completely ice-covered, and break-up dates as the last ice break-up seen before the summer open-water phase.

BBC: Ice records reveal warming trend

If the U.S. doesn't deliver, there is a clause in the agreement that states the Open Skies treaty -- phase I included -- can be torn up.

CNN: Open Skies explained

Due to open in 2001, the first phase will house a 1, 800-seat concert hall and a 2, 000-seat theater.

CNN: GAINING CULTURAL CAPITAL

Green MSP Robin Harper's amendment, which urged the government to phase out the rearing of smolt or juvenile fish in freshwater open net-pens, fell, with two MSPs voting for it and 114 voting against it.

BBC: Decision time